A Thief's Revenge

by GhoulDash97

Summary:

At a very young age, Sly remembers being robbed of his childhood and losing everything he ever loved, including the Thievius Raccoonus. Now that he is the proper age with the aid of his childhood friends from the Happy Campers Orphanage, Sly can now finally enact his mission to get revenge on the Fiendish Five, avenge his family, and steal back the Thievius Raccoonus. It will be a tough mission ahead of him. He will be fighting against the beautiful and seductive Inspector Carmelita Montoya Fox, the Interpol forces that follow, and a large, malevolent, mechanical owl known as Clockwerk. Will Sly avenge his family and honor the Cooper Clan? Or fail and allow his family to be a bite in the dust?

Chapter 1: Police HQ

Summary:

Jumping through the rooftops of Paris, Sly gets ready to steal a case file from Police HQ...

It was a cold night in Paris. The stars were shining all over the dank Capital and the Eiffel Tower was standing in its high glory. But on the rooftops ran the silhouette of a young adult raccoon. Sprinting at full speed and jumping across various walls, he parkoured his way across the concrete jungle before landing on another rooftop and rolling on his back with ease. Continuing to run ahead, he notices a brick wall in front of him. Grinning, he pulls out what appeared to be a pair of canes with a crooked C-shape to them and breaks them.

After breaking the chimney in front of him, the young adult raccoon with a long tail that had three rings on it, leaps into the air as the moonlight shines on him. He wore a blue outfit that consisted of a blue zipped-up leather jacket with a large Japanese Raccoon logo on the back with a red backpack that covered it, a pair of gray cargo pants with pouches on his belt, a red thigh holster that carried a pair of binoculars, a pair of black gloves with blue accents that cut off at the fingertips to show his retractable claws, and a pair of black leather boots. And on his head was a blue cap and a black bandit mask. Noticing a hooped ring in front of him, he grabs it with his right cane and swings onto a ledge before sneaking behind a window to peek behind and notice the Le Police neon sign in front of him.

“Ah! Hup!” the young adult raccoon whoops as he jumps and leaps off the neon sign.

After landing on top of the rooftop, the young adult raccoon looks around to see if anyone was following him from afar and scouting for any spies that were hiding, the young adult raccoon pulls out his binoculars and a shouting, nasally voice comes out along with the face of a young turtle.

“Sly! Come in! Sly! Do you read me!?” the turtle shouts in a panicked voice.

“Yeah, I read you. Loud and… very loud.” the young adult raccoon responds in a sarcastic voice.

“Sorry about that. Breaking into Police HQ does that.” the turtle says after calming down a bit.

“Get over it, Bentley! You're safe in the van! I'm the thief here! I got to get that file from Inspector Carmelita Fox!” Sly whisper-shouts while continuing to keep an eye out for her.

“Well, count on me to be your eyes and ears, buddy. Got their system totally scoped. To get inside, you’ll have to go through that air vent. I’ll keep you updated on your binocucom.” Bentley instructs as the raccoon looks at the air vent to his right.

“Alright. I’m going in.” Sly responds, looking at the air

“And don’t forget that you got me at the wheel, Sly. All you gotta do is grab the file and get back to the van. We’ll do the rest.” a magenta hippo says over the communication device.

“Just keep that engine running, Murray. I’ll be down in no time.” Sly says before putting his binocucom away.

After putting it away, Sly jumps down and runs towards a water tower where he shimmies his way to the other side. After doing so, he jumps across a couple of TV antennas before entering the large vent in front of him. Going through it, Sly notices a ledge with railing on it. Stopping to look down, he notices a laser field in an elevator room. Collapsing his left cane away and holstering it on his left side, Sly presses the earpiece in his left ear and says,

“I spotted a laser room below me. I’m going down.”

“Be extra careful here, Sly. Trip one laser and the alarm will go off. Not to mention you’ll be fried to a crisp.” Bentley says in a scared voice.

Rolling his eyes in annoyance, Sly looks down and makes his way down the elevator without tripping the alarm once. After making his way down, he shuts the alarm off and hides behind the elevator as he looks out for any cops outside of the shaft. He heard a decent group inside one of the rooms having a meeting while a couple others were inside the hallway.

“There are three Interpol officers in your path. What’s your next move?” Bentley asks, looking through the cameras.

“I’m about to do my thing.” Sly says as he cracks his limbs and limbers up.

“Sly! Do you know what place you’re breaking into!? You’ll be nailed-!” Bentley says before being interrupted.

“Enjoy the show.” Sly responds before switching his earpiece off.

Holding both of his canes, the raccoon thief presses his back against the wall while two officers are chatting and pulls the elevator gate back with his cane before knocking on the wall with it, drawing their attention.

“Huh? What’s that?” the first cop asks upon hearing the noise.

“Let’s check it out.” the second cop answers before moving ahead with his colleague.

Hearing them approach the elevator, Sly perches himself on top of the elevator with his canes extended and prepped and ready to take them out. They enter the elevator and look around for the sources of the noise before suddenly getting grabbed by the raccoon thief and get smashed into the wall

*THWACK!!!!!*

Inside the meeting room, several cops being instructed by an old badger named Inspector Barkley suddenly heard the noise. Understandably alarmed by this, the old chief shouts,

“Get out there, everyone! We got ourselves an intruder! When you find him, don’t waste time! Just shoot ‘im!”

After watching them leave, he runs over to the rotary phone before saying,

“I gotta get Inspector Fox on the line…”

Outside Police HQ, Sly can hear the officers running out of the meeting room, prompting him to slap his head in humiliation before cursing in a whisper,

“Goddammit… well, better get this show on the road.”

Jumping down from his perch, Sly hops a bit as he hypes himself up for the fight that is about to occur in the next few seconds before noticing the cops approach him at a fast pace. After warming up and stretching, the raccoon thief gets ready for a very fun skirmish outside of the elevator. Already hearing the first cop get close to the elevator, Sly gets ready to make the first move. Noticing the first cop enter with his pistol and flashlight out, Sly jabs the first cop with the front end of his cane and slams him into the wall.

*BASH!!!!!*

Immediately, the cops charge in with their weapons and try to barrage the raccoon thief with their numbers. But Sly was one step ahead of them as he jumps over one of them and hits them with his right cane. The fourth officer pulls out his billyclub and attempts to hit Sly, but he grabs his arm with his left cane before sweeping him to the opposite side of the hallway and kicking him into the group of cops.

Working his way towards the next wave, Sly used his canes and swung them at the charging cops as they tried to capture him. But the raccoon was too slick for them as he bashed and smashed them all over the hallway with his canes. Jumping and swirling all over, he hopped on his right cane before dropkicking the next one into the wave before slamming his right cane down into the twentieth cop’s skull. Hopping and wallrunning over the next barrage, Sly latches his cane into the back of the next cop’s collar before swinging him right into the group like bowling pins. After landing on his feet, the raccoon thief continued to fight his way through the entire hallway before finally taking out the whole force.

“Whoo! Man… what a workout. Wait… isn’t there-!?” Sly asks before a gunshot rings into his ear.

*BANG!!!!!!*

Pointing his revolver directly at Sly, Inspector Barkley screams,

“DROP YOUR WEAPONS AND GET ON THE GROUND WITH YOUR HANDS OVER HEAD!!!!!!! NOW!!!!!!!!”

Realizing that he was caught redhanded, Sly grins and drops his canes before getting on his knees and placing his hands over his head before saying,

“You know it’s more polite to say please whenever you’re talking to someone.”

“SHUT UP!!!!!!! Remain still, so that I can cuff you!” Inspector Barkley says as he walks over with his revolver pointed at the raccoon thief.

Just then, the old badger receives a call from his officers on the radio. He picks it up, but by the time he turns around, Sly is gone. Now on high alert, Inspector Barkley raises his revolver up and looks around for Sly while the latter remains in the shadow up above him. Deciding to rile him up a bit in the hopes of making him lose his cool and bring him out of hiding, the old badger says,

“You know, I know all about you and that screwed-up clan of yours. The way you go around and take whatever’s not yours… acting like you’re above the law… thinking you’re all high and mighty… behaving as if you’re model citizens looking out for the common man… when in reality… you’re scam artists. Charlatans. Cons. Crooks. Thieves! And I know all about your father. And if you ask me… your old man got what-!”

“THWACK!!!!!!*

Getting his revolver knocked out of his hand, Inspector Barkley gets grabbed by Sly and he asks,

“Care to finish that sentence?”

“N-No, no, no, no, no!!!!!!!! Wait, wait, wait!!!!!! I didn’t mean it!!!!!!!! I WAS- AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Inspector Barkley screams as he gets tossed through a red door with a fox insignia on it.

Inspector Barkley struggles to get off the ground, but Sly quickly knocks him out with his right cane before walking through the office where he finds a huge safe in front of him. Immediately, Sly turns his earpiece on and says,

“I found the-!”

“I THOUGHT WE AGREED THAT THIS WOULD BE A TEAM EFFORT, YOU ASSHOLE!!!!!!! WE WERE WORRIED THAT YOU WERE GONNA GET CAUGHT!!!!!!!!” Bentley screams over the earpiece, prompting the raccoon thief to take it out and rub his earhole to alleviate the pain.

After a minute or two of hearing Bentley scream his head off, Sly puts his earpiece back in and asks,

“Have you got it out of your system yet?”

“Yes. I have.” Bentley answers before sucking in his inhaler. “So… you told me that you found the safe?” Bentley asks after taking a breath.

“Yup. Just about ready to crack the code. Give it to me.” Sly answers as he gets on his knees towards the safe.

“Well, there is where Carmelita stashes all of her important files. So after hacking into the police security mainframe, I have discovered the vault’s combo is 9-3-7.” Bentley responds as he goes over the combination.

After following the vault combination, Sly cracks open the safe and grabs the file that says The Fiendish Five on it. When the raccoon thief finished looking at it, Murray says,

“Nice job - you got it! If you come down through the fire escape, we’ll be waiting in the getaway van!"

“Be right down, Murray.” Sly responds.

Pulling a calling card out of his right sleeve after setting his left cane down, he carefully puts it on the shelf before moving his hand out of the way. When he was finally finished, Sly was ready to make a break for the getaway van. But before he could exit the building, he was suddenly pushed against the wall by a tall, voluptuous, bottom-heavy vixen with his head buried in her large breasts. She had blue hair tied in a braid, red lipstick on her lips, and a long tail the same length as Sly’s. She wore a brown leather jacket with zippers on the sleeves, a cropped dark-blue tube top with a zipper, a dark-blue miniskirt, and a pair of brown leather boots. She also had a thigh holster on her right leg which held her shock pistol.

“Finally found you, Ringtail~. Paying a visit without a fax~? Shame on you~.” Carmelita teases as she pushes him against the wall harder.

Getting pressed against the wall, Sly could barely breathe inside her heavy cleavage and all he could smell was the perfume that she sprayed on her body. It had the scent of roses and it was intoxicating as he started to slowly pass out.

“So, Sly… feel like spending some time in the interrogation cell together~?" Carmelita asks as she comes close to suffocating him.

Suddenly, he starts remembering why he set out to get the case file in the first place, Sly gets his second wind and pushes Carmelita off before making his way to the fire escape.

“S-Sorry, Inspector Fox! Gotta go!” Sly shouts as he jumps down the fire escape.

Making his way down in a zip, the raccoon thief ran as fast as he could to get away from the vixen cop. And as he ran, he felt his heart thumping through his chest and there was this strange feeling going down in his pants. Sly remembered the first time he ran into Carmelita. He remembered trying to steal the Diva Diamond owned by Pachyderma Tuskinanny, an elephant opera singer and he was barely able to get away due to how relentless she was. He had no idea if she had a thing for bad boys, but he knew that it wouldn’t be the last time he would run into her. Running through the abandoned car lot full of broken police cars, he heard her shout,

“I’m here, criminal~!”

*ZAP!!!!!*

Blasting a hole through one of the police cars, Sly yelps and runs even faster towards the getaway van. Darting towards the van as Carmelita leaps across the parking lot, Sly vaults into the van and the doors automatically close behind them. Watching the van drive away, Carmelita playfully waves as she shouts,

“I’ll be seeing you soon, Ringtail~!”

Hopping to the shotgun seat of the front, Sly cheers along with his friends as they drive away.

“Operation’s a success, boys! We got names!” Sly cheers as he holds up the case file.

Swiping the case file out of Sly’s hands, Bentley takes a good look at the file before saying,

“We’ll have a lot to go through tomorrow. So we’ll order dinner and rest up.”

Hearing all this gave Sly a sense of euphoria. With this case file, the raccoon thief could finally avenge his family and regain what he had lost. But he couldn’t stop thinking about Carmelita. She was so beautiful and sexy, but he had a job to do. He couldn’t focus on women and he needed to get it all done before it was too late. But just as Sly was about to relax, Bentley says,

“And Sly…?”

“Y-Yeah?” Sly asks, pulled out of his comfort zone.

“You and I are gonna have a talk about teamwork when we get back to the safehouse.” Bentley says in a stern voice.

“Ugh…” Sly shrugs as he rests his head on his hand in a disappointed manner.

But from far away on the antenna of a rooftop sat a huge, mechanical owl, watching and observing the van. Keeping his eyes on the van, the mechanical owl watched as it disappeared before flying away into the pale moonlight.

Notes:

All right! So I've been chatting with Ghostkid33 for a while now after reading one of her stories and it gave me an idea with one of my favorite childhood series of all time next to Sonic - Sly Cooper. As you can already see, there will be some canon divergence with the roles being reversed such as Carmelita having a crush on Sly and the latter being shy about it with the former. As for Clockwerk, he is going to have the role of stalker like Nemesis and he is going to constantly follow Sly everywhere he goes. Granted, he won't be going after Sly every time he is out, but he will be chasing and pursuing him in the field as he did with Sly's ancestors. And as you've already seen, Sly is going to be a martial arts expert and he is going to be dual-wield two canes instead of just one. I'm a big fan of Rioichi (in fact, he was one of the few bright spots in Thieves in Time next to Tennessee) and I want Sly to emulate him. I plan on showing Sly being in Japan to be taught and trained how to become a master thief and martial arts expert and he's going to be an advanced version of Rioichi Cooper. Yup. You heard me right. Sly is going to be a ninja, not just a master thief. And he already was in the games, but it was never really emphasized enough. At least that's what I think. Oh, and he's a brawler in this one. But I rambled long enough. I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter and look forward to more of our favorite raccoon.

This is an improvement of the last notes I gave.

Chapter 2: The Good Old Days

Summary:

After getting out of the van, Sly and Bentley have a discussion...

Having finally made it back to the safehouse, Murray parks the van inside the garage before finally getting out. Entering the safehouse, the trio proceeds to unwind as Sly takes off his gear to relax. But before the raccoon thief could take a load off, he hears the turtle clear his throat at him. Hanging his head in the air upon hearing his best friend’s throat clear, Sly turns around and looks at a stern Bentley with his arms crossed.

“I had it under control.” Sly says in a confident, yet smug tone.

“You were supposed to wait until the cops cleared out! We went over this ten times during the mission briefing!” Bentley shouts, not buying his excuse.

“There were three groups at most. I fought my way through more odds than that.” Sly responds as he takes his backpack and leather jacket off to show his black tank top.

“Sly, you are risking your safety to get that case file from Police HQ! You can’t go around exposing yourself to law enforcement! You could’ve been arrested!” Bentley shouts out of concern.

“Bentley, you may not know this, but I am the thief in this operation. A descendant of the Cooper Clan. They were nothing but a bunch of glorified donut munchers.” Sly says as he playfully jabs the air before taking off his hat and bandit mask to show a full head of hair.

“You say that, yet you stammered like a little boy when you ran into Inspector Fox.” Bentley taunts, getting a giggle from Murray.

“H-Hey! I could’ve easily handled her if I wanted! She’s a cop! There’s absolutely no way Carmelita would end up with a man like me!” Sly shouts before feeling his heart skip a beat upon mentioning her name.

“Really? I just heard your heart skip a beat from my heart monitor.” Bentley retorts, showing him the scanlines on the codex.

“S-Shut up! I was doing my job! I got the case file and got out with my tail between my legs! We won the battle!” Sly responds, trying his best to keep his cool.

“Guys, would you just relax!? We got the case file! Let’s just order a-!” Murray says, trying to quell the arguing before being interrupted.

“Bentley, I got the job done! Just take the victory and rest!” Sly shouts as he starts losing his patience.

“Sly, we are supposed to work together! IF YOU HAD LISTENED TO ME INSTEAD OF PICKING A FIGHT WITH THE COPS, WE-!” Bentley screams before feeling his asthma kick in.

“Bentley!?” Sly and Murray shout in unison as they rush to his aid.

Both of them check to see if he’s alright, but he waves them off as he pulls out his inhaler. After sucking it in, Bentley takes a deep breath and says,

“Look… I’m happy you got the file and got back to us. But next time… please don’t turn off your earpiece. We’re supposed to be a team, Sly. If we’re going to avenge your family, we have to stay close and not give in to our egos.”

“I know, I know. But if we’re gonna get through this… you have to trust me, Bentley. That goes for you too, Murray. If we put our trust in each other… we can do anything.” Sly says, having calmed down as well.

“Right. I’m gonna repair your canes. You just relax.” Bentley says as he grabs the canes.

“I’m gonna order some pizzas for us.” Murray says as he goes over to the landline phone.

After watching the magenta hippo get the phone, Bentley and Sly go their separate ways with the former going to repair his partner’s canes and the latter climbing up to the roof to take in the scenery outside. The air was cool, but not enough to warrant a jacket. They were outside of the city and Sly could take in the stars above him. And as he did so, he started to reminisce.

“This view never gets old. It’s like watching shining dots in the sky. Maybe I’ll get a shooting star tonight… Do you think so, dad?” Sly asks as he looks at the sky.

. . .

Back in the late 80s as a small four-year old kid, Sly was on a plane with his father, Connor Cooper, on their way to Kyoto, Japan. It was a ten-hour flight and he was fast asleep in his father’s lap. His father was looking out the window for threats onboard the plane and remained vigilant throughout the entire flight. But he was pulled out of his alert state as his son woke up from his nap. The young cub asks,

“Daddy…?”

“Yes, son?” Connor responds as he looks at his son.

“Are we there yet?” Sly asks, nearly half-asleep.

“Almost. Just one more hour and we’ll be in Japanese airspace.” Connor answered with a smile.

“Okay…” Sly responds before going back to sleep.

After watching his son rest up some more, Connor went back to watching for any threats from inside and outside the plane. But it wouldn’t take long for the plane to enter Japanese airspace and make a nice landing. When he finished grabbing his stuff, Connor grabbed Sly and got off the plane with him in his arms. After going through baggage and immigration, Connor called for a cab and had him take them to Arashiyama.

“I hope Musashi has a room ready for us…” Connor mutters as he looks at the sakura trees outside Japan.

An hour and a half later, they finally made it to an ancient temple where they were greeted by a middle-aged tanuki in his mid-forties. After grabbing their stuff, they exit the cab to greet the tanuki.

“Hisashiburi, Connor! I haven’t seen you in so long!” the tanuki greets as he walks over to the raccoon family.

“Hisashiburi, Musashi. It’s been five years since we last saw each other. Genki?” Connor responds with a warm smile on his face.

“Ha, ha, ha! Genki Daze. I’m just making sure that everything is in tip-top condition here. Accepting new students and just doing my best to make sure they stay out of trouble. And who might this little rugrat be?” Musashi asks, noticing Sly clinging onto his cousin.

“Oh. This is my son. His name is Sylvester, but you can call him Sly. Sly…” Connor answers before getting his son to wake up.

Sly yawns and looks around as he wakes up before noticing the tanuki smiling warmly at him.

“Who are you…?” the young raccoon asks as he rubs his eyes.

“Heh, heh, heh. My name is Musashi, my young nephew. You’re going to be my student.” Musashi answers in a warm manner.

“Student? I thought that I don’t have school?” Sly asked, looking at his father in a confused manner.

This prompted both of the adult raccoons to laugh upon being asked. And as they laugh, Musashi says,

“He has your sense of humor.”

“He also has his mother’s eyes.” Connor responds, continuing to laugh as well.

Sly could only look at the both of them in confusion while they laughed before finally calming down and wiping their tears. After regaining their composure, Musashi says,

“Sly… you are going to be learning everything that revolves around the Cooper Arts. And you will be learning everything that your ancestors have learned before you under my instruction. But understand this… there will be times that you will not like me and wish that we had never met. However… this is all to show you our ways and our philosophy as thieves.”

Sly gives him a perplexed look as he tries to understand everything that he has been told. But then Musashi says,

“But for now… make yourself at home… Sly.”

Sly looks at the middle-aged tanuki as he gives him a warm smile.

. . .

Back in the present, the raccoon thief snapped out of his flashback just in time to notice that there were tears in his eyes. After quickly realizing it, Sly wipes them away before looking back at the stars. And as he continued to gaze at them, he says to himself,

“Man… Kyoto brought back so many memories. I owe so much to dad and Musashi for showing me the ropes. Maybe one of these days, I’ll go back to Japan. For vacation, of course. No thieving. Just relaxing.”

After looking around, Sly lets out a deep, sad sigh and says to himself in his head,

“I really miss my dad. He taught me so much as a kid, yet I couldn’t do a thing back then. If that damned bird didn’t take him from me… goddammit.”

But before Sly could actually tear up, he hears Murray shout,

“Sly! Pizza’s here!”

“Be right down, Murray!” Sly responds.

After looking up at the sky for the night, Sly says in a serious voice,

“Don’t worry. I’ll make sure I pay back that rusted bird tenfold for what he did to us.”

With that, Sly climbs back down to ground level before entering the safehouse to have dinner before going to bed.

. . .

The next morning, Sly and Murray were sitting at the table with Bentley getting ready to headline the slideshow with the lights turned. After making sure that everything was in order, the young turtle says,

“Alright, everyone. As we all know, the Fiendish Five is split across the world and there are… well… only five members of the group.”

Murray was eating some leftover pizza from last night’s dinner and Sly gave Bentley an unimpressed look.

“The first member we’ll be going up against is Sir Raleigh. Born into a life of luxury, he grew bored of his privileged life before taking up piracy to his liking. This mad frog is descended from a long line of aristocrats and they are all very gifted machinists as well as…”

As Sly was watching the slideshow, he was glaring at the picture of Sir Raleigh. When he was eight years old, he remembered watching him tearing out some of the pages for the Thievius Raccoonus and being mocked and taunted by him for dying so easily. And that was something that the raccoon thief wouldn’t let slide, for he would make sure that Raleigh would pay for disrespecting his dead body.

“...Sly?” Bentley asks, snapping him out of his trance.

“Uh, what?!” Sly responds, only having snapped back to reality a few seconds ago.

“Were you paying attention to anything about the slideshow…?” Bentley asks with his arms crossed.

“I know that he’s in Wales.” Sly answers, trying to stave off the turtle’s worrying.

“Right… I have triangulated the location over there and it says that he is in the Isle of Wrath. It’s located at the Welsh Triangle. It’s a three-day trip, but it won’t take long for us to get there if we hightail it.” Bentley responds as he scratches the back of his head.

“Then we don’t have a moment to lose. Let’s go, boys!” Sly says as he hops out of his chair.

Bentley and Murray look at each other out of concern as Sly exits the safehouse. The hippo asks,

“Are we gonna stop for food on the way?”

“Just drive, Murray. Sly gets super anxious whenever we’re delayed.” Bentley answers with a resounding sigh as he heads outside.

“It wouldn’t be a bad thing to stop for a meal on the way…” Murray says as he joins the turtle.

After getting everything in order, the Cooper Gang sets out for Wales. And on one of the rooftops from far away, the mechanical owl follows after the van.

Notes:

Alright, so as you can already see, Sly just had a flashback to when he was a child and learning the ropes during his travel to Japan. I've been thinking about this for a good bit now and I decided to add in an OC. And his name is Musashi, a middle-aged Tanuki living in Kyoto. In the next couple or so chapters, Sly will be having flashbacks of how he became the Cooper he is now and it will be going ALL the way to his time at the Happy Campers Orphanage. I'm not sure how many flashbacks there will be, but I can promise you that it will help emphasize his character in this AU. And it will be showing closeness with Bentley and Murray. Anyway, I digress. I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see you later.

Chapter 3: Isle of Wrath

Summary:

Jumping out of the van, Sly proceeds to explore the Isle of Wrath...

It had taken them three days for the Cooper Gang to make it to the Isle of Wrath along with bribing and boarding a RORO ship that was embarking to Wales. But it was otherwise a smooth trip to an otherwise dank, wrecked shipyard to a brewing storm in the middle of the sea. After driving the RORO ship, the gang drives towards the Isle of Wrath where they drop off Sly, who jumps out the back of the van after getting ready and putting in some advanced contact scanners that Bentley gave him before he starts running. Going through a tunnel, the raccoon thief notices a nasty-looking gate with pointed tips on it.

“You seeing this, Bentley?” Sly asks as he looks at the gate.

“Yes, I am. That nasty industrial gate is blocking your only way to Raleigh’s hideout!” Bentley answers in an exasperated tone.

“No problem. I’ll just take the long way around.” Sly says in a confident tone.

“Alright. There’s a ladder that will take you over the gate where you will run into spotlights ahead. But before you do that, I want you to check that wrecked pirate ship over there.” Bentley says, prompting the raccoon thief to look at the destroyed ship.

“What for?” Sly asks, not understanding the context before noticing a green bottle with a piece of paper in it and a group of walrus thugs standing around.

“Just smash it. There’s something I need to check.” Bentley answers.

“Uh… okay.” Sly says before putting his binocucom away.

Deciding to do as his best friend says, the raccoon thief makes a run for the ship where the walrus thugs get ready to attack. Sly easily dispatches them before smashing the bottle and reading what it says inside the clue bottle.

“What the…? Are you getting this, Bentley?” Sly asks as he reads the clue from the bottle.

“It’s fascinating! The writing on here must lead to some sort of clue. Keep finding more, so that I can decipher it. The more I have, the easier it will be to crack the code.” Bentley answered in an enthusiastic tone.

“Can do.” Sly says before signing off.

Now that he has found what Bentley was looking for, Sly continues towards his destination as he climbs up the ladder. But before he could go over, he notices some more clue bottles on top of the hill on the opposite side of the gate. Perplexed by this, the raccoon thief heads to the opposite side and climbs up the hill to smash them for Bentley to read. After showing the clues to the genius turtle, Sly jumps down and runs into the spotlights, prompting him to pull out his binocucom to contact Bentley.

“Hold on, Sly. These spotlights were heavily modified by Raleigh. One careless step and you’ll be subject to acute combustion.” Bentley warns as he gets a good view of the spotlights.

“Is that right…?” Sly asks as he picks up a random rock.

Throwing said rock into the spotlights, it suddenly catches on fire and explodes, causing the raccoon thief to jump in surprise a little. But after quickly getting over the shock, Sly smiles and says,

“Finally. Some obstacles.”

“You scare me sometimes.” Bentley says before signing off.

Immediately, Sly vaults and jumps around the spotlights before making it to the other side of the area. And as he advances through the entrance, the raccoon thief encounters a couple walrus guards. One had some starfish shurikens and the other was carrying a blowtorch on him. Grinning, Sly dashes towards them with the intention of taking them. The first guard throws the starfish, which Sly slides up and knocks the guard into the second guard, accidentally setting him on fire before the raccoon thief knocks them both into the ocean. But not before knocking down some clue bottles across his path. He continues onward and jumps across multiple rocks over the streaming waterfall.

“Hup!” Sly whoops as he latches onto a hook before jumping over a wooden fence.

Rushing over, the raccoon thief runs over to two giant barrels with a metal pipe and electrical rays going through them. Climbing across the metal pipe with both of the canes in his mouth, Sly easily makes his way over without getting electrocuted and makes his way to the next set of spotlights in front of him. Looking up above, he notices some clue bottles near the rays of the spotlights. Realizing what he has to do, the raccoon thief makes his way and jumps around them just like before and destroys the alarm with his cane. But as Sly did so, he finds a vault in front of him, prompting him to call up Bentley.

‘Hey, Bentley. I just found this huge vault in front of me. Looks like one of the pages could be inside.”

“You may be right, Sly. If you find a few more clue bottles, I should be able to crack the code.” Bentley says before signing off.

Looking at the barrels ahead of him, Sly jumps over them before latching onto the rope and climbing up the watchtowers. After climbing up the first rope, the raccoon thief smashes them before climbing to the next platform before destroying the final clue bottle.

“You’ve done it, Sly! Now that I have all the clues, head over to the vault and I can get to cracking the code!” Bentley says in a victorious tone.

“I’m on my way.” Sly says with a chuckle.

Jumping down the platform, the raccoon thief makes his way over to the vault where he gets ready to draw the combination.

“The clues have led me to believe that the code for this vault is 7-9-2.” Bentley answers as he helps with the code.

Hearing this, Sly inputs the code before hearing the vault unlock. Immediately, he knocks the valve and it opens, showing a page of the Thievius Raccoonus.

“Whoa! This page shows Drake Cooper’s Fast Attack Dive move! It should come in handy if you ever get in a jam with any guards!” Bentley says in an enthusiastic tone.

“My father used to love that move back then. Can’t wait to try it for myself.” Sly says as he puts the page in his backpack.

“I look forward to seeing it in action.” Bentley says before signing off.

Before he leaves, Sly leaves a calling card in the vault before going to a locked door and smashing it with his right cane. After doing so, he heads into the next area where he gets a full view of Raleigh’s hideout. Pulling out his binocucom, Sly says,

“I see Raleigh’s hideout ahead of me. And I see what appears to be a giant machine in front of me. If he’s where I think he is, then it won’t take me long to get the pages back from him.”

“Yes… but before you do that, you should know that you have to get through that electrical tube to the right, which is being powered by that electric generator next to it.” Bentley says as he looks at the entrance to the next area.

“I can wait on that. But right now, I gotta get back the pages to the Thievius Raccoonus before I can teach that frog a lesson about stealing from the wrong guy.” Sly says in a calm, yet angry voice.

“Sly, I know how angry you are, but-!? WAIT!!!!!! WHAT’S THAT!?!?!?” Bentley shouts as he looks through the advanced contact lens.

Hearing his voice crack, Sly looks up and suddenly notices a giant silhouette in the sky. Freezing in his tracks, he feels his heart rate go faster than the speed of light, sweat trickling down as fast as the rain in the terrible weather, and the PTSD starting to kick in as he notices the giant mechanical owl flying in the sky. Hiding behind one of the barrels, Sly could hear a malevolent voice curse to him,

Useless raccoon.

“...Sly! Sly! SLY!!!!!! Are you okay?” Bentley shouts over the earpiece in a scared voice.

“He’s here…” Sly responds in a traumatized voice as he peeks out from behind the barrel.

“H-How!? Clockwerk shouldn’t be able to fly in these terrible weather conditions!” Bentley questions, causing the raccoon thief to have a panic attack.

Falling on his knees, Sly could barely breathe as he started having flashbacks of the day his childhood and family were taken from him forever and he could hardly concentrate on the mission at hand. And as he felt his heart rate spike, he could see the images of his mother’s and father’s mangled corpses splattered all over the living room as the shadow, mechanical owl and the rest of his cohorts looked at him with malicious intent.

“...SLY!!!!!! SLY!!!!!! SLY!!!!!!!!” Bentley screams, snapping the raccoon thief back to reality.

After hearing his best friend’s voice scream into his ear, Sly goes back to hiding behind the barrels while holding onto the canes he was given as a child. Hearing his best friend breathing frantically, Bentley says,

“Breathe in… breathe out. Breathe in… breathe out.”

Doing as he’s told, Sly takes deep breaths for a few minutes before he finally starts to calm down from his panic attack. However, the threat was still there and Clockwerk was watching from the perch of a broken mast on a pirate ship. His yellow eyes with slit pupils were deadlocked on Sly and he was ready to take his prey on sight.

“Pull out, Sly.” Bentley says over the earpiece.

“What…?” Sly asks, sidelined by the order.

“The mission’s a bust, Sly. Clockwerk is here and is ready to kill you! You have to get back to the van ASAP!!!!!!” Bentley answers in a panicked voice.

“Yeah! The way that bird is looking at us is creepy! We gotta get outta here, Sly!” Murray agreed, feeling scared as well.

Hearing this, the raccoon thief starts to contemplate on going back to the getaway van. He was too huge. Sly couldn’t possibly fight a monster that size. If Clockwerk saw him, he would be dead within seconds. To the mechanical bird, he was a mouse ready to get eaten alive by him. And that probably went for every Cooper that died before him, or so his father told him. However, he knew that he needed to get the Thievius Raccoonus. Nobody was going to do it for him. Sly had to do it. It was the harsh reality that he had been dealt and he needed to accept that truth. Taking a deep breath, the raccoon thief says,

“I’m going in.”

“What!? Sly, don’t you get it!? He’s got you dead to rights! Clockwerk will-!” Bentley shouts before the raccoon thief turns off the earpiece.

Concentrating his thoughts, Sly notices a door on the far left and it is open for him to explore. Hopping in the air to hype and warm himself up, he gets ready to make a mad dash for the door ahead of him. And on his mark as he takes a deep breath, Sly breaks for it.

Upon noticing him make a run for the door, Clockwerk’s eyes dilate and he flaps his wings into the sky before proceeding to swoop after the Cooper Raccoon. And as he zoomed towards Sly, Clockwerk flexes his talons and screamed,

“CCCCCCCOOOOOOOOOOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Noticing that the mechanical owl was getting closer, Sly dashed even harder and climbed frantically up to Raleigh’s hideout as Clockwerk zooms all the way to the raccoon thief’s location. Using the rest of his strength, Sly makes his way and Clockwerk crashes into a random pirate ship. Angered that he missed, the mechanical owl flies out of the ocean and tries to get to the raccoon thief. But by the time he could make it, Sly was already inside the entrance and Clockwerk could only scream and try to squeeze into the area.

“YOU ARE MINE, SLY COOPER!!!!!! YOU CAN’T ESCAPE ME!!!!!!!!” Clockwerk roars as he tries to squeeze through the entrance.

“ESCAPE THIS!!!!!!!” Sly screams before hooking his canes onto the mechanical robot’s eyes.

*RIP!!!!!!*

“AAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! COOPER!!!!!!!!” Clockwerk screams before flying away.

After watching the mechanical owl leave the area for now, Sly turns around and sighs in relief as he walks into what appears to be one of the engines. When he finished breathing in and out, the raccoon thief places his finger on his earpiece before saying,

“I hate myself…”

Turning the earpiece back on, Sly is greeted by Bentley’s screaming voice, causing him to endure another lecture of teamwork as he walks further into the engine room. Outside of the engine room, Clockwerk falls into the ground as he screams,

“BEGIN AUTO-RECONSTRUCT CIRCUITRY!!!!!!!! FOCUS ALL EFFORT INTO REPAIRING MY EYES AND SEND IN THE ROBO FALCONS!!!!!!! That Cooper can’t escape my grasp…”

Clockwerk laid on the ground as repairs on his eyes began.

. . .

Outside of the engine room, Carmelita Fox was ready to investigate Raleigh’s hideout after gaining a search warrant from the Welsh Interpol Sector. Smiling as she looks into the engine room, she says,

“I’m coming for you, Ringtail~.”

And just like that, Carmelita goes inside as she prepares to look for Sly.

Notes:

This will be a recurring theme of Clockwerk. Sly may be able to take on huge groups of enemies by himself. But when he notices someone like Clockwerk, all bets are off. He will be taking the role of Nemesis, like I said, and he's gonna be providing the nightmare fuel for Sly. As for Carmelita, get ready for their next encounter. It's gonna be hazy. Oh, and the clue bottles along with the vaults will be recurring in this story. Anyway, I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see all of you later.

Chapter 4: Engine Room

Summary:

Making his way through the humid engine room, Sly continues to search for more clue bottles...

Walking through the humid area of the Engine Room, Sly was doing everything he can to search for the vault while trying to find the clue bottles to break into it. Taking his hat off to wipe the sweat from his head, the raccoon thief could barely think with the heat surrounding him. But as he’s walking, a stream of fire bursts out of one of the furnaces in front of him, causing him to jump away.

“Better close those furnace doors.” Bentley says over the earpiece.

Rolling his eyes in annoyance, Sly proceeds to close the shutters before proceeding onwards into the engine room. And as he ventured through the area, he started to sniff something. Outside of the charcoal, he could actually smell a very feminine scent. He immediately recognized whose scent belonged to as his eyes widened and his tail started twitching in fear upon realizing that Carmelita was hot on his trail.

“Ringtail~! I’m here~!” Inspector Fox shouts from a distance.

Panicking a little bit as he tries searching for a hiding spot, Sly decides to hide behind one of the pipes that are immersed with the coals and he gets behind the pipe with his tail tucked to his chest as Carmelita makes her way towards his path. Keeping extremely quiet, Sly dared not make a move out of fear that Inspector Fox would find and arrest him. Breathing steadily, but slowly, the raccoon thief slowly peeked from behind the pipe to see if she was about to show up. He could see her walking through the engine room for anything out of the ordinary. And as he continues to remain silent, Sly finds a clue bottle by a valve next to Carmelita’s feet.

His eyes widened with excitement, but he kept himself quiet enough to avoid letting out an excited bark. However, Sly could feel his tail wagging rapidly with joy to his anger and detriment as he tried holding it still while Carmelita was still investigating the area. The raccoon thief was doing everything he could to keep his tail from getting out of control and wagging while keeping his mouth down from making an excited bark. But the more that he thought about it along with the vault he was planning to unlock, the more excited he got about stealing back the Thievius Raccoonus. However, Sly was able to keep quiet long to see Carmelita pass by him as she went further into the engine room. After watching her venture further, Sly runs out of his hiding spot and heads for the clue bottle.

“I got it, Bentley! The clue bottle is-!” Sly whisper-shouts before getting yanked by his tail and thrown into the pipe. “Gah! Ouch…” the raccoon thief yelps as he reels from the pain.

Just then, Sly looks up and notices Carmelita with a smug smirk on her face as she walks over to him with the clue bottle in her left hand.

“Hey, Sly~. Looking for this~?” Carmelita asks as she playfully dangles the clue bottle.

“I-Inspector Fox! Uh… um… well… I was just on a vacation in Wales and thought I’d see the sights.” Sly answers in a shy manner as he sheepishly holds onto his tail.

“Really~? Because it seems to me like you’re trying to commit breaking and entering~. And you did some breaking and entering back at my workplace~. Why are you here and what was that giant bird in the sky~?” Carmelita questions as she gets on top of the shy raccoon.

Just then, the PTSD starts to kick in as Sly starts to feel his race at a very fast pace upon hearing Carmelita mention the bird. Trying to keep himself in control, Sly answers,

“U-Um…h-h-he…”

But before he could say anything, Carmelita just pressed her large chest into Sly’s face, suffocating him and leaving him red all over the face. His PTSD started to be replaced with the humiliation of being overpowered by a female cop and turned into her personal boy toy. Which certainly didn’t help since he had a fear of cooties as a child. But as he was being suffocated, the feeling in his pants started to throb and it was starting to bother him. That elevates even more as she unzips her tube top and interrogates him in her own way.

“Come on, Ringtail~. Just tell me what’s on your mind~. If you are honest with me, then I’ll think about doing something illegal with you~. If you catch my drift~.” Carmelita says in a seductive tone as she starts suffocating him.

Overwhelmed by these strange feelings, Sly couldn’t think straight as he felt Carmelita’s large breasts in his face and he couldn’t comprehend the situation he was in. And as he was paralyzed by her beauty, she started rubbing her breasts all over his face and he had no idea what was going on with his body, but he could feel himself being aroused by her and he couldn’t seem to think straight.

“Come on, Sly~. Tell mommy what’s on your mind~.” Carmelita says as she starts gyrating on his growing bulge.

No longer able to bear this arousal, Sly comes to his senses and pushes her off before grabbing the clue bottle from her and running away. Carmelita tries to give chase, but he throws some smoke bombs into the ground and disappears without a trace. And after shaking her off, Sly hides behind one of the pipes and waits for his body to calm down from the arousal as well as waiting for his heart rate to go back down.

“Way to recover the clue bottle, Romeo.” Bentley teases over the earpiece.

“S-Shut up! I’m gonna destroy the clue bottle now.” Sly whisper-shouts in a defensive tone before shattering it.

“Carmelita, Carmelita, wherefore art thou, Carmelita?” Murray teases, causing both him and the genius turtle to laugh over the earpiece.

This causes Sly to turn off the earpiece before smashing the clue bottle open and take a look at it long enough for Bentley to scan the message and decipher it. After doing so, Sly turns his earpiece back on and bitterly asks,

“Happy now?”

“Very.” Bentley answers before going back to laughing.

Hearing this, Sly turns off the earpiece and proceeds to look for more clue bottles all over the engine room without hearing his friend’s laughter. But as he continued to move, the raccoon thief ran into a few guards along the way and proceeded to bash and kill them without hesitation. After being robbed of his childhood and cheated by the system so many times, Sly was just fed up with being toyed around and decided to dish out some robbing of his own.

*THWACK!!!!!* *KICK!!!!!!!* *SMASH!!!!!!!*

Quickly dispatching the guards in his path, Sly goes through more clue bottles and reads them all for Bentley to decipher. It wouldn’t take long for the raccoon thief to have the genius turtle decipher all of them and go to the safe that was right by the source of the storm machine. Getting near the vault, Sly turns the earpiece back on and Bentley says,

“I’m unbeatable! No code can stand before me! It’s got to be 5-7-9!”

Immediately, Sly puts in the code and unlocks the vault. After opening the door, he grabs the page and Bentley says,

“Interesting! Old Sally Cooper’s Fast Getaway Raccoon Roll! Stories claim she could move faster than anyone else could on the run!”

“It’s true. It always worked for dad whenever he was out on a heist.” Sly says in a prideful tone.

“Right. Well, you should have a few more pages to collect. You should get out of there before you get cooked alive.” Bentley says, noticing the rising temperatures.

“Of course…” Sly says before putting the page away and leaving a calling card.

“Ringtail~!!!!!” Carmelita shouts from a distance.

Hearing her voice, Sly makes a run for it before she could appear. Now that he was outside, the raccoon thief could notice various robo falcons swarming across Raleigh’s stronghold as they looked directly at him. Realizing that Clockwerk left his minions to attack him, he makes a run for the next room before they could catch him and bring him to Clockwerk. After shutting the door behind him, Sly notices a lot of art surrounding him and he gawks at how priceless it all looked.

“Oh, my God. We’re selling most of this when we finish getting the pages back.” Sly says, impressed by the high value of the treasure.

“Be sure to come back for all of it when we wrap this job up. You have to find the clue bottles before you can open up the vault.” Bentley says before signing off.

“This won’t take long.” Sly says before moving on ahead.

Immediately, Sly goes through the treasure room and starts searching for clue bottles. It wouldn’t take him long to find the first one and smash it for Bentley to read. After going through the first clue, Sly proceeds to look for more of them around the treasure room. And as he continued to do so, the raccoon thief continued to find more along the way and he felt himself getting closer to the safe. But as he did so, he made sure to avoid the lasers surrounding him and upon getting closer, he saw a huge skull with lasers pointing out of its eyes and they were coming straight for Sly.

“Oh, shit!” Sly exclaims before jumping out of the way.

Jumping to the side at a split second, Sly notices the lasers following him to his position and this spurred him to keep running. Jumping and vaulting as well as sliding through the lasers in his way, the raccoon thief moved as gracefully as a dolphin as he went through the lasers before finally making it to the end and shutting off the security system. Smirking smugly, Sly says in a cocky tone,

“This is too easy.”

But right as he says that, he’s suddenly grabbed by Inspector Fox and is pinned against the wall by her and her tube top was off.

“Would you care to explain why you ditched me back at the engine room~?” Carmelita asks as she leans closer to him.

Noticing her large breasts on display, Sly turns the other way and shyly answers,

“Um… heatstroke…?”

“Cute~. Now tell me why you’re in the laser room and trying to smash these bottles with notes in them~.” Carmelita says as she puts his face into her large chest once again. “We can keep going, Ringtail~. I’ve got all night~.” Inspector Fox says before she starts to suffocate him.

Once again, Sly was barely able to think straight. Her body was too much for him to comprehend and he was starting to suffocate. He tried pushing her off him, but she was just too strong for him. It would only be a matter of time until he passes out and gets taken into custody by her. And as he was being deprived of air, Carmelita started grinding on his junk to try and up his desperation to be free from her However, that all came to a head when a group of guards suddenly showed up.

“Hey! What’re you two doing in the treasure room!?” the first guard asks as he cracks his knuckles.

But instead of answering, Carmelita pulls out her Shock Pistol and shoots the first one who spoke while keeping a tight grip on Sly. After doing away with the first thug, she holsters it away and pulls out a glock, immediately killing a few of them in her path. Running behind a wall, she could hear them opening fire on her. Realizing that she was outnumbered, Carmelita, who still has Sly stuck into her chest, says,

“Listen~. We will take these thugs out and we will find what you’re looking for~. Together~. Can you do that~?”

Slightly releasing him from her grasp, Sly was unknowingly holding onto Carmelita’s breasts before answering in a shy manner,

“Okay.”

Immediately, he gets released from her grasp and makes a mad dash at the guards while she holds them off with her firearms. Sly was still reeling from the fact that he was holding onto Carmelita’s large breasts, but he didn’t have the time or the energy to think about it. So as he gets close to the guards, he immediately does away with the first set of guards using his dual canes before focusing on the second group.

*THWACK!!!!!!* *KICK!!!!!!* *KER-POW!!!!!!!*

Sly moved with the reflexes of a tiger as he put the smackdown on the guards and he wouldn’t stop at just one but many more as he continued to smash them them up with his canes before whipping his tail in the guard’s face to distract them before delivering a hard kick to the face, snapping his neck in the process. Jabbing the next guard with his cane, Sly jumps over the guard and hooks the collar with his cane before slamming him into the ground.

“AAAAAUUUUUGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” the final guard screams as he tries to hit the raccoon from behind.

But instead of turning around, Sly cracks the guard’s skull with his left cane without even looking behind him. And when he turned around, he noticed that Carmelita had taken care of her share of the dead guards while he was busy. Making a playful smirk, she asks,

“Care to lead the way forward~?”

“Y-Yeah…” Sly answers as he looks the other way.

Giggling as she zips up her tube top, Carmelita accompanies him as she wraps her around him. And as they continue to walk, she asks,

“So what’s so important about these bottles you keep smashing~?”

“They’re… clues. Clues to crack… open… the safe.” Sly answers while trying to avoid making eye contact with her.

“Is that right~? Feel like covering the ground together~?” Carmelita asks as she holds him closer to her chest.

“What!? But aren’t you-!?” Sly responds before getting his face shoved into her large breasts once more.

“It doesn’t matter what I am, Ringtail~. All that matters is getting done what needs getting done~. So as of right now, we are partners and we are gonna work together on this~. Comprende~?” Carmelita responds before making her proposal.

Sly was very reluctant to work with someone from the opposite side of the law and the last thing he wanted was to get her involved in his criminal activities and have her stripped of her position as Inspector. But he knew that he needed some more ground to cover. And knowing that Carmelita was his best asset, he couldn’t just turn this opportunity away. So reluctantly, he answers in the voice of a shy schoolboy,

“Alright. We’ll work together.”

Hearing this, Carmelita pulls Sly up and kisses him passionately. Surprised by this, he tries to push him off her, but she is just too strong for him and the kiss lasts two minutes before she finally releases him from her grasp.

“W-What was that!?” Sly asks, all red in the face.

“Sealing our contract, cutie~. Now let’s find more of these clue bottles~.” Carmelita says before pulling him along in an assertive manner.

The raccoon thief let out a slight puppy yelp from the kiss and all that did was make Inspector Fox seductively giggle. Eventually, they were able to find all the clue bottles for the next vault and they made their way over to it. After being given the code while Carmelita keeps watch, Sly unlocks it and grabs the next page.

“You just found Raleigh’s data to his clue bottles, Sly! Just hold onto it for a few seconds and I’ll scan them into your binocucom!” Bentley shouts in an excited manner.

After a few seconds, Sly and Carmelita leave the treasure room, only to notice multiple robo falcons in the sky, ready to kill the both of them as Clockwerk watches for a few seconds before flying into the air and going to the Storm Machine.

“RUN!!!!!!” Sly screams before he and Carmelita make a break for the next room.

Running as the robo falcons gave chase, the duo make their way to the rooftop before entering what appeared to be a library.

Notes:

Well, it's official. Sly and Carmelita are partners now and they are going to be searching for more clue bottles to get the vaults open. I'm going to be taking a short break to work on the next chapter for Green Martyr, Fallen Angel and I'm going to make sure that it's the way that I want it to be. But in the next chapter, I'm going to be showcasing Clockwerk and Raleigh as they go over what to do with Sly and Carmelita and I want to make them even more reprehensible than the original game. You'll see. I might do a couple more areas before we get ready for the boss fight against Raleigh. And I want Sly to hate him as much as possible. But I digress. I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see all of you later.

Chapter 5: Storm Machine

Summary:

Cozying up in the Storm Machine, Raleigh prepares to speak with Clockwerk...

Sitting on his throne in the safety of the Storm Machine, a slimy frog was dining on flies, earthworms, locusts, grasshoppers, and mosquitos while drinking wine on a silver platter. As he lazed about on his throne, one of his walrus guards appears on the TV screen before saying,

“Boss, the bird wants to meet you!”

Hearing this, Raleigh scoffs and responds,

“Send him in.”

Immediately, the walrus guard turns the switch and the door to the Storm Machine opens. Large, metallic stomps echoed throughout the Storm Machine as Clockwerk walked in and towered over the slimy frog. Looking at the giant, mechanical owl in front of him, Raleigh asks,

“So how goes your hunting trip?”

“Sly Cooper is here. My private drones and robo falcons have told me that he has begun retrieving the pages. Double your security and strengthen your defenses. The raccoon is on his way and he intends on making you pay for your part in our little visit to his house.” Clockwerk answers in a blunt tone.

“Oh, that little twerp…? Oh, please. He’s as good as dead. This hideout has the best security brought forth by the British Mafia and my men are hauling me more riches than the American Gold Rush! That trash panda has very little chance of reaching me!” Raleigh responds in an arrogant tone.

“You would be wise not to underestimate the Coopers. Throughout my many years of existence, I have been outmaneuvered and foiled by the most skilled Coopers to ever live and I was only ever able to kill all of them without being noticed. If you are as confident as you claim, you will do as I say and kill Sly Cooper immediately.” Clockwerk says as he gets close to the slimy frog.

“I tried to tell you that we should kill the little rodent when we had the chance. All I had to do was get in close and gouge his little eyes out before splitting his skull in half! It was right in front of you, but you chose to let your pride get the best of you and look where he is now! If you had any functioning brain matter within that metallic cranium of yours, you would-!” Raleigh shouts before getting grabbed by the mechanical bird and pinned against the wall. “A-Augh!!!!! What are you-!?” Raleigh asks as he’s getting crushed by the massive left foot.

“You would also be wise to choose your next words carefully. I chose you because of your unlimited amount of resources to better my lair and because you are nothing but a small, hapless, pathetic, incompetent toad who can barely scrape by in their family because of your ineptitude. Without me… you would be nothing. If you are willing to do your part in killing the last Cooper, you will double your security and strengthen your defenses. And if you fail me… I will dissect you. Am I understood?” Clockwerk threatens as he gets closer to the slimy frog’s face.

Breathing shakily as he gazed into the mechanical bird’s big yellow eyes, Raleigh relents and says in a panicked tone,

“Alright! You win! I will tell my men to keep a closer eye on that Cooper brat, strengthen my hold on this keep, and the moment I see him, I will alert you immediately!”

Clockwerk immediately drops Raleigh and he starts crawling back to his throne. Watching him squirm, the mechanical owl says,

“I will double back on my search. You stay here and buzz around like the little fly that you are. When you see Cooper, tell me immediately. Understood?”

“U-Understood!” the slimy frog responds as he grabs his hat.

On that note, Clockwerk turns around and stomps his way out before spreading his wings and flying back out into the storm. Back into his seat, Raleigh pulls out his radio and shouts,

“Attention, boys - whoever finds and kills the trash panda gets triple their payment! But whoever brings him to me alive will be paid to early retirement! I would also advise all of you to strengthen your defenses, but considering your track record, I have very little faith that you will stand a chance against the Cooper brat! So get your weapons ready and START SEARCHING!!!!!!”

After making his announcement, Raleigh grabs his radio and throws it into the wall, destroying it as it falls into the water. Sitting down as he grinded his bad teeth, the slimy toad says,

“I will skin that trash panda alive just as I did HIS PARENTS!!!!!!!!!”

. . .

Back in Raleigh’s library as they searched for more pages to the Thievius Raccoonus, Sly and Carmelita have overheard the announcement. They had already cleared out most of the enemy forces and they were able to find the last clue for the next vault combination. But the raccoon thief was seething when he listened to the broadcast.

“What did you do to set him off?” Carmelita asks, wanting to know why the frog is so angry.

“That’s between me and that toad in the Storm Machine.” Sly asks, doing his best to keep his anger in check.

This perplexed her as she recognized that he would never act this angry and he would just answer back in a shy, boyish demeanor as he tries making a break from her whenever he steals something valuable. In fact, when the slimy frog’s voice spoke through the intercom, Sly had turned cold and taciturn, not once making a quip or even a sarcastic remark. He had the look of a predator within his eyes and he was out for blood.

“Was that the last Clue Bottle?” Carmelita asks, trying to change the subject for now.

“Yeah. All we need now is to get to the vault.” Sly answers after smashing and looking at the final clue for Bentley to read.

Hearing his affirmation, the duo proceeds to look for the vault that’s hidden somewhere inside the library. After ten minutes of searching, they find a ladder hanging near the edge of the bookshelf on the right side. Immediately, Sly jumps and grabs onto it while Carmelita jumps over it. After making it to the other side, the raccoon thief and the vixen officer finally find the vault they were looking for.

“Alright, Bentley. Give it to me.” Sly says as he grabs the vault dials.

“With a straightedge and compass, the answer was simple. Input 2-4-2.” Bentley responds.

Immediately putting in the numbers, Sly gets the combination down and unlocks the vault before grabbing the pages.

“Whoa! You just lucked out big time with this one, Sly! This page features Karin Coopergiwa’s magnet technique! Whenever she got near coins, they would automatically jump into her purse! Get ready for some extra pay!” Bentley shouts in an enthusiastic tone.

“Now we’re talking.” Sly responds as he pulls out his calling card.

After placing his calling card on the small stand, the raccoon thief turns around and notices that Inspector Fox is pressing her breasts behind his back as she wraps her arms around him.

“What the-!?” Sly shouts before getting his mouth muffled with her tail.

Getting hugged from behind, the raccoon thief was inhaling the scent of the vixen cop’s tail as she held onto him. It had the scent of blueberries. Keeping a tight grip as she hugged him, Carmelita asks,

“So what’s so special about these pages you’re stealing~? Are they a journal for your exploits~? Or a journal for something~... more~?”

“It- that’s none of your business!” Sly shouts, causing her to purr in his right ear.

“You are such a child, Ringtail~. Just tell me~.” Carmelita coos as she continues to purr in his right ear.

Sly’s tail twitched when he heard the rhythmic sound enter his right ear and he started breathing in a way that made him feel aroused. At this point, he wanted to break away from Carmelita and run. But for all he knew, Clockwerk was still out there and there could be more guards on their way to find him. There was no way of knowing if it was safe for him to go back out there and there were certainly no guarantees he would survive their next encounter. So all he could do right now is stay with Carmelita and hope no one catches them.

*Flap!* *Flap!* *Flap!*

Suddenly hearing the sound of mechanical wings flap in the air, Sly started to hyperventilate as sweat poured out of his fur and his heart rate started increasing once more. Noticing this, Carmelita shows concern and asks,

“Sly, what’s the matter? Are you okay?”

The raccoon thief didn’t answer back as he could barely breathe and the most he could do was mutter incoherently about his mother and father. But as she was trying to get him to calm down, she notices what appears to be a group of regular-sized, mechanical falcons flying through the library in their search for Sly. And as he looked at them, he was on the verge of screaming in a panic. Seeing this, Carmelita whisper-shouts,

“Sly, snap out of it! Those birds are gonna see us!”

But the ringtail wasn’t listening. Leaving her with no other choice, she grabs his head and kisses him passionately on the lips to help subdue his screaming while the mechanical falcons pass by them in their search for the raccoon thief. Keeping him pinned down as she kisses him, Carmelita does everything she can to keep Sly quiet while waiting for the falcons to leave their position. After a few minutes of hearing them scan their surroundings, the mechanical falcons fly away and leave the library, prompting Inspector Fox to break the kiss.

“Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah…” Sly breathes as tears pour out of his eyes.

“Just breathe, Sly. Just breathe. I’m here. I’m here…” Carmelita says as she hugs the raccoon thief in her arms.

It would take a few minutes for Sly to regain his composure while being comforted by Carmelita and the most he could do was shed tears as he relived what happened to him back when he was eight years old and the memories that followed were incredibly unpleasant as he saw the mangled bodies of his parents. After a few more minutes, the raccoon thief pulls away and looks around for the mechanical falcons.

“D-D-Did they leave!? Where are they!?” Sly asks as he looks around for the falcons.

“They just left. What’s wrong? Why did you just hyperventilate like that?” Carmelita asks, trying to understand his panicked state.

“I just hate birds, Inspector Fox. Let’s just leave it at that.” Sly answers after finally calming down.

Carmelita watches Sly put the page in his backpack before walking away to the exit in the rainstorm. She follows after him and keeps an eye out for any guards that could ambush them while heading for the next area. But by the time they make it out of there, they find Clockwerk perched up on the Storm Machine waiting for the moment to strike them. Noticing him on top of it, Sly’s heart stops and his lungs cease to draw breath as he looks at the giant, mechanical owl and all he could hear were the voices in his head.

Foolish Cooper. Trash Panda. Worthless Rat.

“Aah… Aaaahhh… Aaaaahhhhhh….AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Sly screams as he loses his mind.

“Sly! Come on!” Carmelita shouts as she starts pulling him.

Noticing his moment of weakness, Clockwerk spreads his wings and starts flapping them rapidly while holding onto the roof before he begins to take flight. After a full minute, the giant, mechanical owl releases his grip and starts flying in the sky as he starts zooming after the duo.

“DIE, COOPER!!!!!!!!!” Clockwerk screams with his talons flexed.

Fortunately, Carmelita pulls Sly by his arm and they make a run for it. Using her Shock Pistol, Inspector Fox was able to destroy the Electric Field Bulb that was blocking their path and they ran through the tube, causing Clockwerk to crash right through it and his head was stuck.

“DAMMIT!!!!! DEAD OR ALIVE, I WILL GET YOU, SLY COOPER!!!!!!” Clockwerk curses while stuck in the tube.

“TAKE YOUR SQUAWKING ELSEWHERE!!!!!!!!” Carmelita screams before firing a shot at his face.

“GAH!!!!!! ARROGANT FOX BITCH!!!!!!!” Clockwerk curses once more as he is subdued by the blast.

Making their way through the tube, Carmelita jumps all the way up to the rooftop with Sly in her arms before entering the next area with loads of wrecked ships. Noticing some guards in the area, Inspector Fox blasts all of them with her Shock Pistol before laying the raccoon thief next to the wheel. And as she laid him down, she grabs his face and says,

“Sly! Sly!”

Suddenly, the raccoon thief snaps out of his panicked trance and notices Inspector Fox looking directly at him with concern and genuine worry in her eyes.

“Are you okay?” she asks while holding onto him.

After a moment of clarity as he looks around, Sly looks at Carmelita and answers,

“I-I-”

*Smooch~!*

Getting kissed on the lips once more, Sly was given a little bit of clarity as he made physical contact with Carmelita’s lips. And after a minute, he answers,

“I need some time to breathe.”

“Okay.” Carmelita says as she holds onto him.

It took several minutes for Sly to regain his composure. While he did want to avenge his family and restore the Thievius Raccoonus, the raccoon thief was DEATHLY afraid of Clockwerk. He could recall the one time when he was heading back into the Happy Campers Orphanage for the day, he would remember seeing a hawk in the trees and it strongly triggered his PTSD. It took Bentley, Murray, and Mrs. Puffin to help calm him. He did attend therapy to try and get over it, but it did very little to help him and he was diagnosed with Ornithophobia, a fear of birds.

“Are you okay? You can tell me what happened.” Carmelita says as she strokes his fur.

“Look, I just-!” Sly answers before hearing the speakers go off

“Boys… I just received word that the pages are being collected from my personal vaults. Now while I am not one to make threats, I will issue this warning to all of you… if none of you bring this prowler to me in one hour… I will personally flog all of you… FOR AN ENTIRE FORTNIGHT!!!!!!!” Raleigh screams before the speakers turn off.

Hearing his voice, Sly regains his composure and gets up with angry determination as he sets off to find more Clue Bottles.

“Sly…?” Carmelita asks in a concerned manner.

“Once I get the next vault open… I will be dining on frog legs.” Sly growls as he gets going.

Carmelita had no idea where he was going with it, but she follows after him for now and helps find all of the Clue Bottles. It wouldn’t take long to get them all before opening the vault and getting the next and final page for the time being. After that, they leave the wrecked shipyard and head for the outside. Carmelita keeps her Shock Pistol at the ready while Sly keeps a close eye out for Clockwerk. But as he did so, he spotted a cannon aimed at the sea.

“Sweet.” Sly says as he dashes towards it.

“Sly…?” Carmelita asks as she joins after him.

“I’m gonna launch myself up there and pay a visit to a certain toad. Get ready to fire me up to the Storm Machine.” Sly answers as he hops into it.

“But Sly-!” Carmelita shouts before being interrupted.

“DO IT!!!!!!!” Sly screams before closing the hatch.

“Dammit…” Carmelita curses under her breath.

Rushing over to the cannon, Inspector Fox pushes it towards the direction of the Storm Machine before aiming the trajectory and firing, sending Sly directly to the Storm Machine where he gets ready to fight Raleigh.

Notes:

I've been wanting to do another chapter of this and now it's here. I'm not sure if this will be a weekly series, but I can promise that there will be more chapters from here on out and I'm going to be showcasing a whole bunch more of Clockwerk. And Sly is gonna learn to be less afraid of the mechanical owl and fight back against him. But I digress. I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter.

Chapter 6: The Eye of the Storm

Summary:

Launching himself into the Storm Machine, Sly prepares to confront Sir Raleigh the Frog...

Crashing right through the window of the Storm Machine, Sly lands on one of the platforms where Raleigh awaited him. Looking at the slimy frog on his throne, the raccoon thief glares at him as he has a flashback to when he was a child. Hiding inside the closet, he remembered watching Raleigh skin and play around with his mother’s and father’s corpses before skinning them alive with a knife to make coats out of them. He could still remember their skinned corpses as he hid inside the closet. He saw their fur dangling on his coat rack and all that really did was get Sly steamed. As he was glaring daggers at the slimy frog, Raleigh says,

“How delightful… we have a guest. The only thing is… I HATE UNEXPECTED GUESTS!!!!!!!”

Keeping his eyes on him, Sly points his right cane at him and growls in a hostile tone,

“Listen, Raleigh… wipe out my family and steal what’s mine… you better expect company.”

Chuckling sadistically at the boiling raccoon thief, Raleigh responds in a spiteful tone,

“Oh, how I am ever so sorry. How sloppy of me not to finish the job. Obviously, we should have snuffed you as well. So… without further ado… let me make amends by what…? BLOATING TO GARGANTUAN SIZE AND SQUASHING YOU LIKE THE INSIGNIFICANT BUG THAT YOU ARE!!!!!!!”

“BRING IT ON!!!!!!” Sly screams as he gets into a fighting stance.

Smiling sadistically with his badly-crooked teeth, Raleigh leaps out of his throne and proceeds to try and kick Sly. But the raccoon thief dodges out of the way and hits the slimy frog back with his canes. The slimy frog falls back and gets slammed into the wall. But before Raleigh could strike back, Sly slams his right cane into the frog’s mouth while clinging onto the wall and says,

“Didn’t think I would find you here, did you? But you have to take what was mine, and now you’re gonna pay!”

Suddenly, Raleigh slings his tongue around Sly’s neck and tries strangling him with it. The raccoon thief loses his grip and tries to rip it off, but it only strengthens the slimy frog’s grip on him. And adding onto that strength, Raleigh wraps both of his hands around Sly’s neck and strangles him even harder.

“So how does it feel, boy? To climb so high, only to collapse? What would mommy and daddy think if they saw you now? Coming here and stealing what doesn’t belong to you? Have you no shame?” Raleigh asks in a sadistic tone.

Left with no other choice, Sly uses his legs and wraps them around Raleigh’s neck before raising his lower body up and slamming him into the platform, forcing him to release the raccoon thief’s neck from his throat.

“Ooh… Ah-!” Raleigh shouts as he gets hit by the raccoon thief.

Getting slammed into the wall once again, Sly throws his left cane at Raleigh’s face, stunning him completely and unable to move as the raccoon thief rushes in to grab it before preparing to deliver another thrashing to the slimy frog.

“I’M GONNA MAKE A MEAL OUT OF YOU!!!!!!!” Sly screams as he bashes the slimy frog’s head in.

“FURRY SCOUNDREL!!!!!!!” Raleigh screams back before using his tongue to snatch a bee and eat it.

Suddenly, the slimy frog starts bloating up to the size of a large boulder and it forces the raccoon thief to jump away from him and get onto another platform. Raleigh starts bouncing and bouldering his way toward Sly and he does everything he can to squash him underneath his weight. But the raccoon thief was too elusive for him to squash and he just couldn’t catch him. The slimy frog would eventually run out of air in his body and he would deflate back into his regular form and Sly would go back to pummeling him some more.

“THIS IS FOR SKINNING MY PARENTS ALIVE!!!!!!!!” Sly screams before hooking the slimy frog with his canes before slamming him into the platform.

At this point, Raleigh was badly beaten and he could barely move. He was on the verge of death and Sly just kept hammering into him with his canes. His vision was blurring and his breathing was growing thin and wheezy. Left with no other choice, the slimy frog slings up to his throne with his tongue before grabbing a spare radio and saying,

“Boys! Whoever kills… the trash panda… gets early… retirement!”

*BLARE!!!!!* *BLARE!!!!!!!* *BLARE!!!!!!!*

Hearing the siren go off, Sly turns around and notices multiple walrus thugs running and jumping over to him in an attempt to kill him. But the raccoon thief simply grinned and got to fighting them off. Jumping all over the platforms, Sly jumps on their heads and kicks them across the room before landing on said platforms before bashing them with his canes.

*KICK!!!!!* *SWING!!!!!!!* *THWACK!!!!!!!!*

Moving around the entire area, Sly was easily dispatching the walrus thugs and he was having the time of his life with this fight. Eventually, it would get to the point where the slimy frog was beginning to run out of henchmen. And for those that were tasked with killing the raccoon thief, they would all just run out of the Storm Machine to avoid getting killed by him.

“GET BACK IN HERE, YOU COWARDS!!!!!!! HE IS JUST ONE TRASH PANDA!!!!!!!! HE IS- GAH!!!!!!!!” Raleigh screams as he gets whacked by the raccoon thief.

Getting thrown across the entire Storm Machine, Raleigh was on his last legs as Sly, in wrathful fury, beat him to an inch of his own life before slamming him into one of the platforms and throwing him into his throne, breaking it in the process. Leaping towards the dying slimy frog, the raccoon thief hooks him into the air with his cane before asking,

“Where are the pages…?”

Realizing that he has been beaten and he has no more dirty tricks left to use, Raleigh, in his dying breath, answers,

“Under… neath… my throne.”

Throwing him to the ground as the slimy frog coughs for dear life, Sly jumps down and checks to confirm if it was true. Taking a closer look, he realized that Raleigh was telling the truth. But just as he was about to open the vault, the raccoon thief suddenly heard the slimy frog weakly laughing.

“What’s so damned funny…?” Sly asks, jumping back up to check on the slimy frog.

“Heh, heh, heh. If I am going down, then my villainous cohort, Muggshot, certainly isn’t getting off scot-free. He is living in Mesa City, Utah and it is so well-guarded that a snake couldn’t slither in without setting off alarms.” Raleigh answers with a weak laugh.

Hearing this, the raccoon thief gives the slimy frog one last glare before deciding to walk away. But before he could leave, Raleigh coughs before saying,

“Trash pandas… the three… of you. Mommy… and daddy… were so… pathetic… when they died. Their fur… can barely… keep… me warm.”

Upon hearing the slimy frog insult his parents, the raccoon thief turns around and walks towards the slimy frog with his canes tightened in his hands. As he laughs at the angry raccoon, Raleigh says,

“I can’t wait to see Clockwerk-! GAH!!!!!!!!”

With one hard swing, Sly had killed one of his parent’s killers in cold blood. But when he came back to his senses, the raccoon thief was in shock at what he just did. Not only did he let his anger get the best of him, but he most likely just added some more charges to his permanent record after what he just did. However, after what Raleigh just did to his parents in cold blood, Sly didn’t have any remorse or sympathy for what he just did to Raleigh.

“Sly!?” Carmelita calls out.

Turning around, the raccoon thief notices the vixen cop running and jumping towards him. When she got closer, Carmelita noticed Raleigh’s corpse on the ground. At first, she was shocked, but then she noticed Sly walk away from the vault and he was carrying the pages of Rioichi Cooper, who was the proprietor of the Ninja Spire Jump and the Leaping Dragon Technique and one of his inspirations for getting into martial arts. It also reads that his twin cane swords were attached to chains around his arms and he could swing them around in long and mid distances and bring them back to him like kusarigama. Reading all of this, Sly takes one good look at his canes before touching his earpiece on his right ear before asking,

“Hey, Bentley - are you reading this?”

“Uh… y-yeah. I’ll see what I can do, regarding your canes. But Sly… there are still a couple more pages for you to retrieve here. And Clockwerk is still out there, so be on your guard. But one more thing.”

Sly listens to what the genius turtle has to say.

“I already have the coordinates for Mesa City. Once we finish scoping around for clue bottles to the vaults here, we’ll leave and work on our destination.” Bentley explains.

“I’m sorry you had to see all that…” Sly said, clearly ashamed of what he did.

“Don’t worry about it, buddy. Raleigh was destroying more ships and taking what wasn’t his. You had every right to be angry.” Bentley responds, trying to reassure his best friend.

Sighing at what he just heard, Sly responds,

“I’ll be in touch.”

After taking his finger off the earpiece, the raccoon thief turned around and noticed that the vixen cop was still standing there. Now that she knew what happened, Sly asks,

“Are you gonna turn me in?”

When Carmelita finished deliberating everything that she witnessed only moments ago, she answers,

“You were fighting out of self-defense and everything got so out of hand that you killed Raleigh by accident.”

“What?” Sly asks in a confused manner.

“I said that we’re partners, Ringtail~. And what you did was morally justified in getting your book back~. By the way, what’s so special about these pages you’re stealing, anyway?” Carmelita responds before questioning him about the pages.

“These pages were created by my ancestors a long time ago. It has been in my family for generations and they have been taken by the Fiendish Five, so it’s fallen on me to get the pages back and restore the Thievius Raccoonus.” Sly answers as he stuffs the pages in his red backpack.

“So it’s a journal?” Carmelita asks, trying to understand it a little better.

Understanding her confusion, Sly answers,

“Y-Yeah, it’s a journal. This is just the first step of getting the Thievius Raccoonus. And when I get back to Paris, I’m gonna go over more of where the pages are. It’s just-!”

*CRASH!!!!!!*

Suddenly, Clockwerk smashes right through the Storm Machine and looks around to find that the Cooper Raccoon had succeeded in killing Raleigh. Infuriated, the mechanical owl screams,

“COOPER!!!!!!!”

“Sly, run!” Carmelita shouts as she aims her Shock Pistol at the mechanical owl.

She shoots him in the face and Clockwerk recoils from the blasts, sustaining serious damage to his face. He tries to get closer to them, but Carmelita fires more shots at him and he can no longer fight. Wrecked and in need of repair, the mechanical owl backs away and flies into the skies as he screams,

“WE’LL MEET AGAIN, SLY COOPER!!!!!!”

After watching him disappear into the sky, Sly and Carmelita look outside and notice that the clouds are starting to clear up. It was as if Clockwerk had finally disappeared and the sun had started to shine in the sky. The raccoon thief felt relief course through his veins when the mechanical owl disappeared and all that he had to do now was gather what remaining pages he had left of the Thievius Raccoonus before he could leave this decrepit stronghold.

“I don’t know how I could ever repay you.” Sly says as he turns his head in a shy manner.

*Smooch~!*

Suddenly grabbed and pulled in for a kiss by the vixen cop, the raccoon thief was flabbergasted and had no idea what to do as his brain malfunctioned from the high pressure.of the affection he was being given. After a full minute, Carmelita pulls away and responds,

“Just stay alive, Ringtail~. I’m sure you’ll get the hint~.”

“Y--Yeah. I’ll do that…” Sly responds with his face beet-red all over.

“But what’re you gonna do about Raleigh?” Carmelita asks, pointing at his corpse.

“Oh, I’ve got a good use for Raleigh.” Sly answers as he grabs his corpse.

I hope so. Because I have to make a call to Interpol and I can’t have you waiting around here. But then again, we could always spend some quality time together in my interrogation cell~.” Carmelita teases as she presses her chest against the raccoon thief’s chest.

Feeling his heart race, Sly backs away from her and says,

“Riiight… anyway, I’m gonna get to storing Raleigh, then I’m gonna get to stealing back the rest of the pages as well as robbing this place here.”

“See you around, Sly~.” Carmelita giggles as she jumps out of the Storm Machine.

After watching her jump away, Sly looks at the fur of his parents on the coat rack. Turning off his earpiece, the raccoon thief feels his emotions come to the surface as he walks over to the fur coats before grabbing and hugging them in his arms. Holding them close to his body as he cries, Sly sobs,

“I missed you so much…”

He could easily remember what Raleigh did to his parents when they were killed by Clockwerk in front of him. He saw the slimy frog laughing and screaming as he carved the fur off their skin after cutting their clothes off and he would recall him sadistically saying that the fur was soft and worthy of being his fur coats. Sly wasn’t just looking forward to getting the Thievius Raccoonus back, but he wanted to pay back the monster that stripped his parents of their fur and maimed them in front of his eyes. This was merely the first step of his revenge and the raccoon thief completed that phase. Sly spent a few minutes crying before finally getting his head back in the game and turning towards Raleigh’s corpse.

“I need to find a cooler for it.” Sly remarks before grabbing the corpse.

After securing Raleigh’s body, the raccoon thief jumps out of the Storm Machine and looks around for a cooler for a bit. It wouldn’t take him long to get to a random breakroom where Sly quickly disposes of the henchmen before finding a cooler filled with ice and storing it inside. When the raccoon thief was finished, he headed back to the getaway van to store inside. A curious Bentley says,

“What’re you gonna do with Raleigh’s corpse and your parents' fur?”

“Don’t worry about it. Just keep it cold. And don't touch the fur!” Sly answers before going back to the stronghold.

Sly leaves a confused Bentley and Murray behind as he leaves to retrieve a few more pages as well as steal a good majority of the treasure that Raleigh kept to himself during his piracy. It took three hours, but the raccoon thief was able to bag as much as he could as well as steal back the pages. And it was good timing too since Interpol has arrived to investigate what has happened in the stronghold. Sly’s escape was a little tricky, but he was able to escape with everything he had bagged and made his way back to the van where they made their escape.

Notes:

So regarding what all of you read, I have some cool ideas for what to do with Sly's dual canes. I had this idea of giving them chains like Kratos has with his Blades of Chaos and they would be used to swing across buildings and zip across different areas like alleyways, rooftop, so on and so forth. The canes will also be bladed and they will be upgraded the more pages that Sly recovers. I'll show you a picture to show what I mean. And they will be coming in full force when Sly has his final showdown with Clockwerk. I might add a bit more to Sly's outfit, but that remains to be seen. But speaking of Clockwerk, he will be getting upgrades as well and he will be gaining more armaments as he continues to pursue our beloved raccoon. He will be getting more and more relentless with Sly and he will be showcasing his endless arsenal with his endless pursuit to destroy the Cooper Clan. And Carmelita will be getting more weapons as well. But I digress. I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter and look forward to my take on Sunset Snake Eyes. I'll see all of you later.

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Chapter 7: Rioichi Cooper

Summary:

After making it back from the UK, Sly gets ready to try out Ninja Spire Jump and the Leaping Dragon...

After escaping Raleigh’s hideout, the Cooper Gang decided to enjoy their stay in England for the week. While Bentley and Murray did some touring as well as take some pictures of the Queen’s Royal Guards, Sly would steal Queen Elizabeth’s jewels without them noticing and he would sell most of them off for a lot of cash. They also took some art pieces from Buckingham Palace and a few museums before heading back to Paris.

When they got back to Paris, Sly hauled Raleigh’s corpse into the safehouse and right near the kitchen where he proceeded to cut his limbs off and cook him on the stove after placing his parent’s fur near the counter. As for Murray, he helped out with unloading the art pieces and storing some of the jewels in the safe for selling later before turning on the TV for some demolition racing while Bentley, holding onto Sly’s canes, would head to the workshop to upgrade them after researching Rioichi’s section of the Thievius Raccoonus.

“Hey, Murray! Where do we keep the flour and the breadcrumbs again?” Sly asks as he sizzles the dead frog.

“The lower cabinet, I think…?” Murray answers half-heartedly while watching the demolition race.

Annoyed by his half-answer, the raccoon thief proceeds to look for the ingredients. After a little bit of rummaging, Sly was able to find the ingredients and he lays them on the counter along with several Cajun spices Murray ordered from Louisiana. When Sly notices that the limbs have warmed up a bit, he takes the limbs out of the pan and leaves them on a plate before grabbing some eggs. After cracking three of them, he proceeds to douse them in the yolk before pressing them in the flour and the spices before covering them in breadcrumbs. Grabbing a pot and pouring frying oil into it, Sly turns on the stove. It wouldn’t take long for the oil to heat up and Sly starts dropping them into the oil.

“Smells good back there!” Murray shouts, catching the smell of the dead frog.

“Oh, believe me. My dinner’s gonna taste fresh and good.” Sly responds as he watches the bubbles popping from the oil.

As he watched the limbs and body sizzle in the pop, Sly started thinking about the times when his father would catch some fresh meals, some being fish and others being most of the bad people he killed, which were mostly herbivores, and his mother would often cook them to sheer perfection. Sly could remember hearing the various stories that his mother and father would tell him while eating and he would always leave life lessons regarding the common folk and society as a whole. After noticing that Raleigh’s carcass was fried, finished, and ready to eat. Sly gets some tongs and puts them on a plate before pulling out some tabasco from the fridge and sitting down to eat.

*Crunch!*

Taking a bite of the frog leg, Sly’s head turns frantically as he feels the texture hit his taste buds like a semi-truck and he exclaims,

“Mmm! Just like how momma used to make it!”

Murray hears this and asks,

“Maybe we can go frog-hunting and eat some…? I would love to try your mom’s recipes.”

“Maybe when we’re out in Louisiana or someplace that has frogs, Murray. You would’ve loved to eat my mom’s recipes.” Sly answers as he eats.

“Oh, boy…” Murray says before going back to watching more demolition racing.

But as Sly continues to eat, Bentley gets out of his workshop and is carrying Sly’s newly-improved canes. Placing them on the table, the genius turtle explains,

“It took some research, but I finally got these canes finished. It wasn’t hard to add the chains to the hilts, but the chains were so tipped and pointed that I couldn’t attach them without suffering from some cuts. However, the hooks were easy to sharpen and with the adamantium that has been required, your enemies won’t be able to touch you. I’m sure even Clockwerk will wanna think twice about pursuing you with these bad boys on you.”

Sly took a look at them and he was in awe along with Murray when he saw them. The blades and hooks on them were shiny and chrome with gold, they were sharpened to a point, and the handles had spikes on them that could cut through his enemies with a single slash. And the chains had bladed tips on them, which would be very versatile if it came down to fighting his enemies from a mid-to-long distance away from them. Incredibly happy to see how they look, Sly responds,

“You’ve outdone yourself, Bentley! I can’t wait to try these bad boys out!”

“Why, thank you! It doesn’t take a genius such as myself to configure and mathematically adjust the length of the canes into chains and sickles, but thanks to my keen, intellectually-sharpened mind, you are now sharper than ever, Sly.” Bentley explains as he presents the newly-improved canes.

“Oh, I am SO gonna test these out when I finish my dinner. I also wanna try out the Dragon’s Leap and the Ninja Spire Jump from the Thievius Raccoonus. Rioichi was a pioneer of that move and he would often steal from the corrupt lords in Feudal Japan. It also says that he invented sushi, but it’s ambiguous at best.” Sly says as he grabs his canes.

“I am happy to hear that, but I’m sure you won’t be pulling any risks out in the field next time, correct? Especially those regarding giant, mechanical birds in the sky or a certain inspector trying to get in on our claim?” Bentley asks in a stern with arms crossed and a raised left eyebrow.

“What the hell was I supposed to do!? Inspector Fox just threw herself at me! Besides, it wasn’t like I could just turn around and get away from Clockwerk! I’m not going to cut corners, Bentley! The Thievius Raccoonus means everything and I’m going to get it back by any means necessary!” Sly retorts as he states his case.

“You could’ve been killed, Sly! What would’ve happened if Clockwerk got his talons on you!? How would you have been able to escape without Inspector Fox’s help!? Explain that to me!” Bentley shouts in an angry, yet worried tone.

“Bentley, you may not know this, but I’m the one who’s trying to restore my family legacy! I have enough on my plate without you shouting in my ear about my approach!” Sly shouts, doing his best to not lose his temper.

“Then you would know that I was telling you to come back and I didn’t want to see you dead! If you knew that you were gonna die in Clockwerk’s talons, why didn’t you turn the other way!?” Bentley asks, trying to understand his best friend.

“I already told you that Clockwerk was going to come after me, regardless! If I went back to the Getaway Van, all three of us would’ve been dead or worse!” Sly answers in a straightforward manner.

The genius turtle immediately goes quiet upon being told that and he had no argument to fall back on. As much as he wanted to tell the raccoon thief that he shouldn’t be risking his life to get the pages to the Thievius Raccoonus back, Bently understood that Sly was going to get them back, regardless of what he says. Knowing that there was nothing he could do, Bentley lets out a sigh and says,

“Sly… I know how much the Thievius Raccoonus means to you. You’ve been talking about getting it back for ten years now and you’ve already started to make tracks. But you have to remember that you’re not immortal. You can only do so much against Clockwerk and he is capable of making a pelt out of you. So in the future… please heed my advice before you go off and get yourself killed. You’re our brother, Sly. We don’t wanna lose you.”

After hearing him out, Sly lets out a sad sigh and responds,

“I know, buddy. But you have to remember that I’m out in the field. Whether it’s that damned owl or any of his bootlickers, I am going to be in danger, regardless. I don’t want to throw myself into danger, but half the time, I have to do whatever it takes to get the Thievius Raccoonus back.”

“I know. Anyway, we’ve argued long enough. What’re you gonna do about those pelts?” Bentley asks, pointing at his parents’ pelts.

“I’m going to give them a send-off when I’m finished with dinner.” Sly answers in a sad tone.

“I see. Anyway… I’m going to turn in. Let me know how the canes work for you.” Bentley responds before heading to his bedroom.

“I will. See you tomorrow.” Sly says, earning a wave from the genius turtle as he enters his bedroom and closing the door.

After watching him turn in, Sly goes back to eating his dinner. Murray, who was listening in and watching from the couch, asked,

“Are you gonna be okay, Sly?”

“I’ll be fine, Murray. I’m just gonna send my parents off before I go to sleep. I promise.” Sly assured.

“Alright. But please… don’t do that again. You’re our family, Sly.” Murray begs.

“I can’t promise that I won’t run into danger, Murray. But I promise that I won’t try and pull a stunt like that ever again.” Sly says, trying to put the hippo driver at ease.

“Thanks.” Murray says before going back to watching more of the demolition racing program on TV.

Three hours later after finishing his dinner, Bentley and Murray have finally turned in. But Sly had other plans. Heading out with the pelts in his backpack, the raccoon thief has the chains wrapped around his arms with the newly-improved canes in his hands and heads towards one of the lamp posts near the streets of Paris. Eager to try them out, Sly lets his right cane go and proceeds to spin it around like a kusarigama before throwing it to the lamp post and clinging onto it. Smiling like a child, Sly throws his left cane at the lamp post before pulling back and launching himself into the air!

“WHOO-HOO!!!!!!!” Sly cheers as he free-falls from the sky.

Throwing his canes at a building, it sticks into the wall and swings once more. Doing it again and vice versa, the raccoon thief was starting to feel a lot like a spider as he swung around Paris. He was having tons of fun with the newly-improved canes Bentley gave him and he knew that he had to thank him when he got back from his little trip.

“I am SO thanking Bentley when I get home!” Sly shouts to himself as he swings.

Eventually, the raccoon thief launches himself onto a rooftop and he looks around. Suddenly, he notices what appeared to be a blue spirit and Sly was shocked. It was a tanuki with mahogany fur and he wore a ninja suit with two canes on him just like Sly. The raccoon thief was shocked as he realized who it was.

“Rioichi…?” Sly asks in a shocked tone.

Instead of answering, the tanuki ninja teleports to the other side of the buildings and stares directly at the raccoon thief. At first, Sly was confused since he had no idea what to do and wasn’t given any instructions. But suddenly, he notices what appeared to be a group of spires in front of him. It all begins to click for the raccoon thief as he starts to remember the Ninja Spire Jump and the Leaping Dragon. Smiling upon recalling what the spires entailed for him, Sly says,

“I’ll be right over.”

Immediately leaping into the air, Sly spins around and successfully lands on the first spire in front of him. Smiling upon sticking the landing, the raccoon thief proceeds to do the same thing over and over again until he sees some spires from a long distance. Realizing what he had to do, Sly says to himself,

“Time to see if I can pull off the Leaping Dragon.”

On the other side, Rioichi was silently watching with his arms crossed and a sound mind. While he wasn’t one for words, the tanuki ninja was very impressed to see that Sly was a very fast learner and he was already catching onto what he wanted him to do. But he watched and waited for his youngest descendant to perform the Leaping Dragon. As for Sly, he kept his focus on the spire far ahead and says to himself,

“Come on, Sly… you got this.”

Immediately, the raccoon thief leaps forward in a blur and he makes it to the other side, surprising the tanuki ninja in the process. While he knew that there was more to his successor than meets the eye, Rioichi was incredibly shocked to see that Sly was able to pull it off on his first try. Jumping onto the rooftop, Sly walks over to Rioichi and says,

“I gotta say… it was an honor to finally meet you. You were the reason that I got into martial arts. My father would take me everywhere across Asia to show me how to fight like you.”

“Ie. The honor is all mine. Connor has done an amazing job with teaching you how to fight gracefully. But now, the time has come for you to take back everything that was stolen from us and avenge our honor.” Rioichi says with a warm smile.

“I’ve already retrieved the first set of pages. I just need to head over to Mesa City to get the next set back.” Sly says as he looks off to the distance.

“Hai. But as you continue this quest, do not allow your emotions to cloud your judgement. For if you hesitate, Clockwerk will kill and dishonor our Clan. And as you continue to throw yourself into the maws of danger, do not forget your family. And most importantly… do not forget yourself. We are here for you… Sly.” Rioichi says as he starts to waiver away. “I must leave now. I will relay what I have witnessed to your mother and father.” Rioichi says as his legs start disappearing.

“W-Wait! Rioichi! T-There's so much I need to tell you! What about my parents!?” Sly asks as he starts to quiver.

“We will always be with you… Sly Cooper.” Rioichi says in his warm smile before finally disappearing.

He was gone. Sly had so much to say to Rioichi, but he had disappeared and there was nothing the raccoon thief could do. However, he noticed a barrel pit in front of him. For some odd reason, it was filled with firewood. But he paid it no mind as the raccoon thief started to set it on fire while getting ready to see his parents off. After getting a warm fire going, Sly takes one last look at the pelts before tearfully saying,

“You know… I spent most of my life looking for you when I was old enough. I had no idea where you two were until I found you on that damned frog’s coat rack. I… I know that none of you will forgive me for what I’m about to do. But they have to pay for what they've done. They need to answer for what they did to us! I hope you two can understand. I love you.”

And with that, Sly throws the pelts into the fire, setting them ablaze in the process. He had no idea if they were listening to him or not, but the raccoon thief was such a wreck from enduring so much pain and he wanted it all to be over. But he had a job to do and he was going to see this job through to the end. And as he watched the cinders go up into the air, he suddenly started to remember his time back in Kyoto.

. . .

In the middle of the dojo, Sly was swinging around a kusarigama. He was covered in bruises from the amount of times he swung it in the wrong places and he was on the verge of crying due to how much the chains kept swinging into his body. And just when he was about ready to give up, Master Musashi says,

“When the fish fights against the current, it leads to discourse and injury. It is important to join the current and flow with the passage of time. If you are going to inherit the Cooper Legacy, you must not fear the way of the kusarigama.”

“But it keeps swinging into my body. I’m trying not to fear it, but it keeps hitting me.” Sly whines as he holds the weapon in his hands.

“You are indeed Connor’s son.” Musashi chuckles before grabbing the kusarigama. “You know… your father could barely keep his posture straight as a child and whenever he grasped a sword, he would always throw it by accident and hit Master Mitsurugi. He would always be the one to clean the latrines by the end of their practice as punishment.” Musashi laughs, recalling their childhood.

“You mean he wasn’t as good at fighting when he was a kid?” Sly asks, surprised about this.

“No, he can certainly fight. He was just lazy and good-for-nothing back then. But now, he can turn anything he has on him into a weapon and he can leap very far distances without a hint of detection. You have the skills, Sly. You have the strength within you to press forward. But if you are going to become the inheritor of the Cooper Legacy, you have to do it. There is no try.” Musashi answers as he hands the weapon back to the young raccoon.

“No try…” Sly mutters as he holds onto the kusarigama.

“Now show me your passion, Sly.” Musashi says as he stands back.

Looking directly at the kusarigama, the young raccoon took a deep breath and started swinging with a controlled demeanor. After gaining enough momentum, Sly starts to perform acrobatic moves with it as he swings it around and he moves his legs around. Musashi was very impressed. He looked like a very skilled dancer and he was as graceful as a flying fish with the ferocity of a wolf. And right on cue, Connor and McSweeny had just got back from the airport and they were all laughing together.

“Whoa! Is Sly doing that…?” McSweeny asks in an amazed tone.

“That’s my son alright.” Connor answers with pride in his voice.

“Dad!?” Sly shouts before accidentally hitting Musashi in the cheek.

“Itte!” Musashi yelps upon getting hit in the face.

“Oh, I am so sorry!” Sly shouts in an apologetic tone.

The three men all looked at Sly with stern looks on their faces. But when it felt as if Sly was about to be punished for his mistake, they all laughed jovially as they traded metaphorical jabs with each other, much to the young raccoon’s confusion.

. . .

Back in the present time, Sly was sniffling and crying as he watched the cinders fly into the air. He held so many cherished memories in that dojo and he missed all three of them so much. Sly had no idea what awaited him in Mesa City, but even after all those years, the raccoon thief was still aggrieved and he wanted the Cooper Curse to be over. He continued to watch the cinders head up to the sky, but little did Sly know that his parents were standing right besides him as the pelts burnt. He would continue to watch the cinders until the fire let out before finally going home.

Notes:

Okay, so I'm going to be adding in the Leaping Dragon as a move next to the Ninja Spire Jump in Sly's arsenal. As any Sly fan should know, Rioichi used the Leaping Dragon as his move in Thieves in Time and he would be able to leap long distances from spire to spire. Sly will be using it going forward and there will be more moves that he will be moving along with several more upgrades to his canes. In the next chapter, Sly will be heading off to Mesa City and I'm thinking about showing some scenes with Clockwerk at the Krack-Karov Volcano and I'm going to show him with more upgrades in his relentless pursuit for Sly and he is going to get more bloodthirsty going forward. So get ready for some more Nemesis-Style horror. Going into Mesa City, I want to get into firefights inspired by The Raid and I want Muggshots thugs to be relentless with them constantly shooting at Sly. As for Carmelita... I got a treat for all of you when we get to Mesa City. That's all I will say. Anyway, I rambled long enough. I hope all of you enjoyed the chapter and I'll see all of you later.

Chapter 8: Kusarigama

Summary:

Flying back to his fortress in the Krack-Karov Volcano, Clockwerk proceeds to undergo repairs...

Having flown for hours upon hours, the badly-damaged Clockwerk finally made it back to his fortress in the Krack-Karov Volcano located in Russia. Entering through his lair, he is greeted by his cult of birds as he flies into the hangar and lands on the ground as he heads onto the deck. Limping his way onto the landing pad, he screams,

“DOCTOR WYNN!!!!! I AM IN NEED OF NEW PARTS!!!!!!”

“Don’t be upset with me, Master Clockwerk. If you didn’t spend time toying with that Cooper rat, you wouldn’t be in this sorry state of a wreck.” a magpie doctor says as he walks in with his mechanics.

“AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Clockwerk screams, knowing that he can’t do anything to him.

“Look what that trash panda did to you. Guess we’re gonna have to go into overtime with your upgrades. Men, get the parts ready!” Doctor Wynn orders as the mechanics immediately get to work.

The birdmen proceed to gather the legs and the wings as well as new turrets for Clockwerk’s back as he begins to undergo repairs and upgrades. Getting onto the scaffolds, the repairmen drilled out the legs and it caused the mechanical owl a lot of pain. The same process went for his wings as well and they needed to be drilled and plied out of his torso. The pain shot right through him like a railroad spike drilling into his body. Clockwerk was in agony as he continued the repairs and it hurt immensely.

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Clockwerk screams as his body parts get replaced.

“Beginning wing replacement!” the head repairman shouts as he and his fellow birdmen start placing the wings into his torso.

After placing the wings into his torso, the repairmen started drilling the bolts into Clockwerk and he grunted in agony as the wings got embedded. When the wings were replaced and repaired, they immediately moved onto the legs. Getting another pair that have recently been finished, the birdmen proceed to drill and bolt the legs and they are finally finished.

“GAH!!!!!!! How much longer!?!?” Clockwerk asks in an impatient manner.

“Just about finished, Master Clockwerk. Just have to add in the gatling guns.” Doctor Wynn answers as the birdmen get on top of the mechanical owl’s back.

Getting the back open, they proceed to lock the gatling guns into place as they get the ammo belts locked into place before finally activating the rapid-fire program into him.

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Clockwerk screams before the pain finally relents.

“Now we are finished.” Doctor Wynn says after looking over the diagnostics.

After releasing Clockwerk, he proceeds to fold and flap his wings before moving his legs and clenching his talons underneath the ground. When he finished testing out his limbs, Clockwerk turns to Doctor Wynn and asks,

“What is the latest update on the battle suit?”

“It is coming along smoothly. However, there are several bugs and there will have to be more revisions before it can be properly tested on the battlefield. My colleague from across the pacific is still working on the schematics, but it should-!” Doctor Wynn explains as he shows him a mechanical suit of armor before suddenly meeting the menacing gaze of the mechanical owl.

“See to it that the damned monkey fulfills his promise for more deliveries. I have worked for too long to see all my hard work being wasted by that damned raccoon and his troublesome friends.” Clockwerk orders in a menacing tone. “Prepare the drones. I am ready for my next hunt.” the mechanical owl says before turning around.

“Already on it, Master Clockwerk. But please go easy on the supply, comrade! The warranty doesn’t always last!” Doctor Wynn warns as the mechanical owl starts flapping his wings.

Immediately, Clockwerk starts to take flight and leaves his lair as Doctor Wynn orders the repairmen to start cleaning up. Then a raven walks over and asks,

“Do you think he will get him?”

“Eventually. Clockwerk has his ways, Comrade Sokolov.” Doctor Wynn answers as they both look out to the sky.

. . .

Back in Paris, Sly was out on the trainyard with Bently and Murray as they started going over the newly-upgraded canes. Looking directly at them, Sly loved the way that they looked, but he was concerned about the spikes on them.

“So, Bentley, how do I turn off the spikes?” Sly asks as he looks at his upgraded canes.

“These newly-modified canes are pressure sensitive. So by grasping them hard, the spikes will pull back in. But if you grasp them hard vice versa, the spikes will pop out once again. The same applies to the chains. The hooks are a lot sharper now and they are capable of functioning as swords. However, I would suggest holding at a medium distance. You don’t wanna think about cutting yourself. And another thing, I would suggest only swinging them when you’re outside. You don’t want to get trapped during your brawls. Also, I got another surprise for you after your practice session.” Bentley explains as he goes over the function of the upgraded canes.

“Sweet. Time for a test drive.” Sly says as he firmly grasps the upgraded canes.

Walking out to the middle of the trainyard, Sly gets into a stance as he raises his canes into the air while Bentley starts recording a video on their camera and Murray keeps it steady and aimed at the raccoon thief. Raising his canes into the air, Sly slowly brings them down as he gets into a fighting stance. After a minute of focusing and clearing his mind, he suddenly thrusts his right cane into the air before swinging his left cane. Moving around in a flowing manner, Sly makes a front kick with his right leg before swinging his left cane and doing a butterfly kick to the right side.

“Whoa…” Bentley and Murray say in unison as they watch his form.

Thrusting his right cane out once more, Sly proceeds to drop and dangle it by the chain where he starts spinning it around before swinging it towards one of the first targets, slicing it in half with the hook before retracting it back over to him. Then he tosses out his left cane and spins it around before swinging it at the next set of targets.

“Whoa-ho!” they both exclaim in unison while continuing to record.

Jumping up in the air after retracting the left cane back over to his hand, Sly makes a flying roundhouse kick with his left leg before ducking down and spinning his right cane around as he leaps into the air and delivers a swipe with it along with his left cane. Landing on the ground and doing some butterfly kicks and sideflips before ducking down and delivering a high kick to the target disguised as a brick. Then he swings his left cane into the air as it latches onto said target before he yanks it down and throws it at a wooden copy of Clockwerk.

“WHOA-HO-HO!!!!!!” Bentley and Murray exclaim in amazement.

Jumping back and landing on his feet in the middle of the platform, Sly raises his canes into the air before slowly raising them back down before bowing. Whooping and cheering as Bentley ends the recording, Murray exclaims,

“Holy shit, Sly! I wish I could move like that!”

“Years of training, pal. Years of training. You’ve outdone yourself, Bentley. These canes are gonna be super useful.” Sly says as he marvels at the upgraded canes.

“I aim to please, Sly. The adamantium chains on there are extremely durable and they won’t break off. You are also capable of hooking your canes onto anything and anyone if they get in your way. As for the chains, just hold onto them at a medium distance and you won’t get cut. But like I said before, the canes are useful if swung around in narrow hallways, so use them outside or inside where there’s plenty of room. They could also be useful if you wanna re-enact Spider-Man.” Bentley explains, going over the canes once more.

“Oh, I’m so gonna enjoy using these.” Sly says before sheathing them into his back.

“Right. Anyway, I’ve got one more surprise to show you. Follow me.” Bentley says as he walks back into the safehouse.

Curious, Sly looks at Murray, who just shrugs at him like he doesn’t know before they proceed to follow after Bentley. Heading inside, the raccoon thief looks around for the genius turtle before noticing what appeared to be a black, double-breasted trench coat with blue accents on it. It had a zipper on it, it had studs on the flapper, it was beltless, the tails were split down to the point that his tail could peek out, and it was made of authentic leather. The raccoon thief marveled at the trench coat and he was very impressed.

“Woah! When did you get this!? It looks so cool!” Sly exclaims as looks at it.

“I had some friends over in Germany work on it over a couple months ago. It took a couple cows to get it stitched together along with the studs they had to order, but it came out better than I expected. Come on, try it on.” Bentley says as he stands back.

“Yeah! Show us, Sly!” Murray agreed as he got the camera ready.

Immediately, Sly removes the sheathed canes from his back before he walks over and takes the trench coat off the hanger before putting it on. Putting it on, the raccoon thief spins around as he inspects it and he spins around to get the flow of motion from it. After pushing his tail through the tails of his trench coat, Sly enthusiastically says,

“Did I mention that I love you?”

“Ha, ha, ha. Well, I’m glad you enjoy it. The 2-3 months of waiting were worth it in the end. Anyway, it’s time for the slideshow. So take your seats, you two.” Bentley says as he points at the two chairs facing the mat.

“Of course…” Sly and Murray groan in unison as they sit down.

After taking their seats, Bentley gets ready to explain their next move as they pay attention.

“Okay. So after you killed Raleigh, he happened to have mentioned Muggshot, correct?” Bentley asks as he goes over what they know.

“Yeah. I know who he is.” Sly answers while looking at the mat.

“Exactly. Which leads me to this lovely photo of man’s best friend.” Bentley says as he moves to the next slide.

On this slide, it showed a giant, purple, bulky, muscle-bound bulldog wearing a pinstriped suit with a fedora on his head and he was wielding what appeared to be a pair of stockless Chicago Typewriters in his hands. And by his side were a group of dog women wearing sparkling dresses and all spread out were his men wearing suits and overcoats and they were wielding grease guns, assault rifles, shotguns, crowbars, machetes, and baseball bats. Whistling at how armed to the teeth they were, Sly says,

“I’ve got my work cut out for me.”

“Not if you try to blend in with the locals at Mesa City.” Bentley says as he moves to the next slide.

It showed a lot of busy people walking through Mesa City and they were going about their everyday lives. Sly couldn’t believe it. It looked so much like Las Vegas. And he really wanted an excuse to go back and visit America after spending so much time in Europe.

“Wow. I haven’t been in America for years. This place has to be filled with pages of the Thievius Raccoonus.” Sly says, already enthusiastic to go.

“Glad to hear it. Because where Muggshot is hiding in that giant fire hydrant. It’s on this next slide here.” Bentley says as he goes to the next slide.

It showed a giant fire hydrant on top of this huge building and it showed a huge neon sign that spelled Muggshot on the front. Raising an eyebrow at the sight of the building, Sly says,

“You know, you would think that being a member of the Fiendish Five, you would be a lot more quiet with your hiding space.”

“Just because you’re in the same group of killers doesn’t mean that they wish to remain obscure. Muggshot is a very loud and proud individual, so I would suggest that you be careful around him. You never know when he’ll sic his dogs on you.” Bentley says with a serious look on his face.

“Don’t worry, Bentley. With these new canes that you’ve given me, it’ll be a clown show for them.” Sly says with a smug grin on his face.

“Yes, I’m sure that you will be able to get past half of Muggshot’s men on your way to getting back the Thievius Raccoonus. But you better keep an eye out. He is armed to the teeth more than Raleigh and they will shoot you if given the chance. Plus, the police and FBI over there have their own way of dealing with violence.” Bentley warns as he closes off the slideshow.

“Eh, I’ve dealt with Interpol and Inspector Fox before. I can handle it.” Sly responds in a confident tone.

“I hope so. Because the Americans are very trigger-happy over there.” Bentley says, walking over to his best friend.

“Hey, relax. If it means Interpol can’t catch me over there, we’ll be fine. Anyway, it’s time to load up!” Sly says as he gets off his chair to make preparations.

Groaning in defeat, everyone packs up their things and they all proceed to get ready to leave for Mesa City.

Notes:

Alright, so we've finally made it to Clockwerk's fortress. I won't get too far into it, but he has his own cult of where they absolutely HATE the Coopers and they will help out in any way they can to kill Sly and end his legacy once and for all. As for that suit of armor, that will be a sneak peek for the boss phase that I have in store for Sly when he fights and defeats Clockwerk once and for all. Anyway, we're about to be heading into Mesa City in the next chapter and there is going to be a fun little chapter where Sly accidentally wanders into a strip club and I am going to be showcasing the police in America and they are more capable of. And I believe I mentioned that I will be showing this police strike team/SWAT team getting shit done and taking out Muggshot's goons. But that won't be until the action starts ramping up. Btw, when Sly gets more upgrades to his canes, he will be demonstrating more of his techniques and his outfits might vary here and there (he might steal a fedora over there), but right now, I'm happy with the trench coat. I wanted to go for a Dante/Vergil feel to it and I think it worked. But I digress. I'm gonna be heading off to Japan early next month, so I might not have the time to write new chapters. But never say never. I could have some free time to write what I can. Anyway, I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see all of you later.

Chapter 9: Mesa City

Summary:

Having finally made it into Mesa City, Sly proceeds to try and look for the path to Muggshot's hideout...

It was a long boat ride across the Atlantic, but the Cooper Gang finally made it to the United States after being out of the country for so many years. Finally driving on the ports of New York, they begin their trek across America all the way to Muggshot’s turf in Mesa City, Utah. It would take them many weeks and many stops across the Free World. From motels to restaurants, the Cooper Gang enjoyed their journey across the U.S. and they found joy in getting through their van across the country. But it would feel like seconds to them as they finally get into the state of Utah and make it into Mesa City. And the trio was blown away at how beautiful the city looked.

“Whoa! So many neon signs…” Sly mutters in bewilderment.

“There are so many people here…” Bentley says, blown away by the busy streets.

“So many buffets…” Murray mutters as his mouth waters while driving.

Continuing to drive through the busy streets, Murray eventually finds an alleyway and pulls in without anyone noticing before turning off the ignition. Having perfectly parked with no one in sight, Sly hops in the back and immediately gets geared up for his assault on Muggshot’s hideout. After donning his trench coat, folding and sheathing his canes underneath it, and putting in the ear piece as well as the advanced contact lenses, Sly gets ready to leave. But before he could get out of the van, Bentely stops him and says,

“Remember, Sly - no distractions. I know how much you wanna explore Mesa City, but our target is-”

“-Muggshot’s building. Yes, Bentley. We went over the briefing and his background yesterday. I’ll get in, get the pages, get Muggshot out of the picture, and get out. Piece of cake.” Sly says before opening the van doors and leaving.

Heading into the streets, Sly blends in with the crowd and walks casually as the cars and sounds pass him by. He is walking through the dirty, corrupt streets of Mesa City and he is trying to find the fastest route to Muggshot’s building without getting beaten or shot at. It was very crowded and there were so many people talking and fighting, but it didn’t matter to the raccoon thief as long as he could get to Muggshot. Looking on ahead, Sly notices a neon sign that says The Fire Hydrant. If he’s lucky, he could go in there and get some information about the fastest route to the building. So Sly goes to the entrance and heads inside. But little did he know that a certain female vixen was watching him from a distance.

Getting inside the building, the raccoon thief looks around and, to his horror, realizes that he had just entered what appeared to be a nude strip club full of tall, beautiful, naked, voluptuous dog strippers with pistol thigh straps on them. There was drinking, strippers everywhere working for tips, and debauchery occurring everywhere across the bar. Sly was very frightened of what he was looking and tried to escape, but he was cut off by the ongoing customers that just kept pooling in.

“Sly, get out of there! Me and Murray don’t wanna see this!” Bentley shouts, grossed out by the strippers dancing around.

“I would, Bentley! But there’s… too much-!” Sly shouts over the loud music in the strip club.

Suddenly, Sly gets surrounded by female strippers as they catch him trying to leave the strip club.

“Hey there, little boy~. Are you lost~?” a female Saluki in her mid-20s asks with a flirtatious smile.

Looking at the naked Saluki with her big breasts hanging out, Sly turns his head away in a shy manner and answers,

“N-No. I was just-!” Sly says before a tall, nude, mature and slighty-chubby voluptuous Doberman stripper with long, brown hair and a venus figure in her mid-to-late 30s appears and stops him.

“Then how about we sit you down for a show, sweetie~? You’re gonna love her~. She’s one of our best~.” the female Doberman says as she and the Saluki along with a few other female canine strippers grab the raccoon thief.

“I-It’s not necessary, ladies! I-!” Sly says before being seated in front of what appeared to be the stage with a pole in the middle along with the walkway.

Sly had certainly dug himself into a hole he couldn’t get out of. It was bad enough that he's risking the safety of himself and the operation, but now he was forced into a situation where he now has to chat up some older women in a strip club. Sitting next to him with her huge breasts in his face, the female Doberman grabs a beer and she asks,

“So tell us, stranger~. What brings you here to our forbidden side of the garden~?”

“Um… business. Personal business.” Sly answers as he looks at his lap, trying to hide his face with his cap before the female Saluki grabs and wears it on her head.

“Our eyes are up here, stud~. So what’s your personal business~? Family~? Friends~?” the female Saluki asks as she strokes his fur.

“Um… revenge. M-Mostly revenge.” Sly answers as he suddenly feels a pain in his pants.

“Revenge, eh~? What for~? Death~? Larceny~? Blackmail~? Tell us everything, sweetie~. Spare us no dirty details~.” a female Golden Retriever asks, having listened in as she and a female Poodle move closer to listen.

“Well… it all started when-!” Sly explains before the lights suddenly go off.

Caught off guard by the lights, Sly looks around for anyone who is attempting to head right for him before the light suddenly turns back on and aims directly at the stage. Suddenly, the DJ announces,

“Ladies and Dogs, puppies and skanks! Raise your tails and feast your eyes on the stage for the one and only OFFICER CANDY!!!!!!!”

“What?” Sly mutters before Hit Me Baby One More Time suddenly plays.

Suddenly, a very familiar vixen with blue hair wearing what appeared to be a slutty cop costume with a fishnet bodystocking, two Glock thigh holsters, and wearing high heels with a police cap on her head struts her way onstage as she twirls around a billy club in her right hand before tossing it to the side, hitting one of the lustful gangster dogs in the process.

“Is that Candy…?” the female Poodle asks as she points at the female vixen.

Strutting towards the pole, the female vixen walks around the pole before hopping up and spinning on it as she holds on. Landing on the ground, she proceeds to shake her ass as she looks around the strip club before noticing Sly sitting in the front seat with four naked female dogs by his side.

“No… it couldn’t be…” Sly mutters as their eyes meet.

Immediately, she starts strutting over to the blushing raccoon thief before getting on her and grabbing his head before shoving his face into her groin. The female dogs watched in surprise amazement as the female vixen rubs the raccoon thief’s face into her vulva before playful kicking him back into his chair.

“So forward~. She’s never this generous with her customers~.” the female Golden Retriever says as she takes a finger of pussy juice off his face.

Pulling her legs back, she rolls to the side, turning around in the process as she exposes her huge ass to him while swishing her tail into his face. Then she hopped onto her feet as she slowly undoes her jacket, prompting a lot of cheering and howling from the crowd with the exception of the frightened raccoon thief. Giggling as she watched him try to look away in a shy manner, she takes her jacket off and throws it directly at him. Taking the discarded jacket off his face, Sly looks up and realizes that she’s completely topless.

“Oh, God…” Sly mutters upon seeing a real pair of tits for the first time in his life.

He tried to look away, but the female Doberman keeps his face forward and teasingly says,

“Nuh-uh-uh, darling~. You’re getting the front-row experience of this show~.”

Strutting back to the pole, the female vixen twirls her fingers around the pole and starts tantalizing the raccoon thief with flirtatious gestures before slipping her crack between said pole and rubbing against it. This gesture made Sly’s cock throb harder than ever in his pants and it was beginning to hurt him.

“Are you okay, sweetie~? Do you need us to take care of that for you~?” the female Saluki teases as she blows into his left ear.

Sly slightly jumps from feeling the air blowing into his left ear before being forced to look back on the stage as Officer Candy proceeds to kick her right leg up and arch her back while holding onto the pole with her right hand and holding onto her hat with her left hand. After making another spin around the pole, Officer Candy bends down and proceeds to grab the zipper on her skirt before slowly lowering it down to reveal that she’s wearing a g-string before throwing it at Sly.

“Whoa… oof!” Sly mutters as he gets the skirt thrown at his face.

Shaking her ass as she danced, Officer Candy sensually moved the straps of her g-string as she got ready to take them off. Sly could feel his boner hurting more than ever as he continued to watch her dance and his face was redder than a beef patty. And he wanted to leave, but the female strippers kept him in place.

“I think you need something to lighten your load~. Skip~!” the female Doberman shouts as she snaps her fingers.

“N-N-No, I’m good! I-!” Sly says before noticing the female Doberman grab the beer and swallow it into her mouth. “H-H-Hey! What’re you doing!? I’m not-!” Sly shouts before getting kissed by the female Doberman.

The raccoon thief tried to push her away, but she was just too strong for him and kept a tight grip on him as she mouthfeeds him the beer, making him swallow it in the process. The female dogs laugh and cheer as they watch the female Doberman kiss Sly passionately and while she does so, she grabs a piece of paper and hands it off to the female Saluki before she proceeds to write down her number along with the other female dogs next to the raccoon thief. Just then, they notice the female Vixen strut over to Sly. The female Doberman backs off upon noticing her and she watches the female Vixen walk over with her thumbs around the g-string.

“Don’t look, Sly! You’ll go to hell if you look!” Bentley shouts over the earpiece.

“He’s right! Please don’t, Sly! It looks so gross!” Murray shouts as well, feeling grossed out by the dancing.

As much as Sly wanted to look away, for some reason, he couldn’t look away from this strange, yet beautiful Vixen as she gave him these flirtatious looks as she slowly turned around and bent over before finally proceeding to take off her g-string in front of him.

“Like what you’re seeing, little boy~?” the female Saluki answers as the raccoon thief gulps down his fear.

Now that her g-string was off, the female Vixen proceeds to shove it into the raccoon thief’s face, causing him to pull it out of his face before getting grabbed and kissed on the lips in front of everyone. This caused the gangster dogs watching the show to get angry and pull out their guns and attempt to shoot Sly. Immediately, she ducks down with Sly in her grasp before she pulls out her compensated Glock and starts shooting, prompting the other female dogs to start shooting the other gangster dogs and killing them in their strip club while the DJ ducks for cover. They would also start roughing them up and throw them out without warning with some taking no prisoners. As for Sly, he was buried in the vixen’s large breasts and he had a hard time breathing. Then he looks up and realizes who it actually was.

“Inspector Fox!? What’re doing here!?” Sly asks as he tries pulling away.

“I’m undercover, Ringtail~. I was just wandering around this cesspool of a city until I noticed you head into this lovely establishment and I decided to follow after you~.” Carmelita answers while stroking his fur. “So what did you think of my dancing, Sly~?” Inspector Fox asks in a flirtatious tone.

“I- n-no comment…” Sly answers in a shy, boyish tone.

“You should be complimenting your girlfriend, Sly~. You never know when she will be there for you~.” the female Doberman says as she and her fellow strippers finish clearing out the strip club.

Looking around, Sly had noticed that they had finished cleaning house and they had locked the door behind them. Watching her and the other dog strippers with guns and blades on them walk over to him, the female Doberman introduces herself,

“I am Madame Valentine and I am the leader of the Diamond Dogs. We may not know what your business is, but we can tell that you’re going after Muggshot. That overgrown slab of meat has been running down my business and everyone around here long enough.”

A dog stripper walks over and hands Madame Valentine the key.

“This key will get you to Muggshot’s hideout through the backdoor. And should you run into any resistance, get ready for the fight of your life. I can’t guarantee your safety, but I can guarantee a quicker way to that bulldog’s penthouse. He’s been taking too many of my girls and it’s high time someone pays him back in full for his transgressions.” Madame Butterfly says, grabbing the keys.

Noticing the key being handed out to him, Sly reaches his hand out and says,

“Thank you. I’ll be-!”

*Smooch~!*

“Hnn!?” Sly exclaims as he gets kissed by the female Doberman.

After a full minute of kissing him passionately, Madame Valentine says,

“Your father was a very handsome thief~. And you’re no exception to the Cooper Clan~. It broke my heart when I heard what happened to him and Selena.”

Sly looked down in sadness upon hearing that, but then Madame raises his chin up and says,

“When you meet that damned bird, send him back to the scrapheap for your old man and lady~. And when you’re done, be sure to come back here~. Me and the ladies are sure to give you the full VIP experience~.”

“As fun as that sounds, me and the Ringtail need to get going~.” Carmelita says after grabbing her jacket and wrapping her arm around his.

“Don’t worry, Inspector~. We can share him with you if he ever feels like having a harem~.” Madame Valentine says in a seductive tone as the other strippers giggle. “And if you’re ever in need of resources, don’t hesitate to give us a call~. We’re always on speed dial~.” the female Doberman says before winking at him.

“T-Thank you. W-We better get m-moving.” Sly says as he turns the other way with Inspector Fox.

After watching them leave, Madame Valentine looks at the Diamond Dogs and orders,

“Alright, ladies~! Time for a clean-up~!”

Immediately, they all get to cleaning out the corpses while the DJ plays some relaxing music. And as she watches them clean up the strip club, she grabs her cellphone out of her huge ass and starts speed-dialing.

“This is the Mesa City Police Department. What’s the emergency?” a 911 police responder asks over the phone.

“Get me the chief~. We got a war brewing~.” Madame Valentine answers with a smile on her face.

Outside of the building, the duo make it onto the rooftop where they spot a large fire hydrant on top of the building.

“Not exactly subtle.” Sly comments in an uncertain tone.

“We’ve got a long hike ahead~. Let’s get moving~.” Carmelita says as she reloads her Glocks.

“Right!” Sly says before dashing ahead with her.

But little did they know that they were being watched by Clockwerk on top of the water tower. Glaring at them, the mechanical owl says,

“Cooper…”

With that, he proceeds to pursue the duo with the intent to kill.

Notes:

So that's another chapter done and dusted. I'm really starting to build on this version of this universe. So the Diamond Dogs are pretty much like Old Town from Sin City and they are very tough on anyone who tries roughing up any of the women working there as they employ and enforce a strict policy on "horse-play". That having been said, they do have a soft spot for Connor since he helped them out at some point during a job in America and he's been there to return the favor a thousand times over. Selena, however, doesn't like him spending time with them too much. Now that the lore dump is out of the way, I'm thinking about doing a Fujiko Mine one-shot and it's another shotacon story. And it would take place in America. That's as much as I'll tell you. Anyway, I've exposited long enough. I'm enjoying my time in Japan, but I've got a lot to learn in language school. I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see you all of you later.

Chapter 10: Two to Tango

Summary:

Having left the Fire Hydrant, Sly and Carmelita proceed to make their way to Muggshot's turf...

Running on the rooftops, Carmelita and Sly were racing towards Muggshot’s penthouse with the intent of eliminating him and stealing back the Thievius Raccoonus. But as they were running, he couldn’t take his eyes away from her. She was wearing nothing but a fishnet body stock, her jacket, and her pair of boots. When he saw her dance, he felt his soul light. He even felt the same way when he saw the female dogs back at the strip club. The way she ran and walked with her ass out, it was throwing him off and he could barely concentrate.

“Come on, Ringtail~! I’m ahead of you~!” Carmelita teases as she runs and leaps across the rooftop.

“I’m just letting you get a head-start!” Sly responds while continuing to run and vault across the rooftop.

“Right~. So did you like my dancing~? I used to take dancing lessons when I was in high school back then~. The girls were insanely jealous of me~.” Carmelita asks while keeping ahead.

“I’m sure they were.” Sly answered while keeping his eyes forward.

“Maybe after this, we can go back to the Fire Hydrant and engage in an orgy with the Diamond Dogs~. But I got you first~.” Carmelita teases as she runs next to the Ringtail.

“What’s an orgy?” Sly asks in a confused manner.

Giggling at his question, Carmelita answers,

“You are so adorable~.”

But as they were running, they suddenly heard the sound of metallic wings flapping in the air. Sly’s fur goes up on end along with his tail as he realizes what the sound belonged to. Doing his best to keep his breathing steady, the raccoon thief keeps his eyes forward and keeps running, even as his heart starts going into overdrive. Suddenly, the duo hear another sound from the mechanical bird as he gets closer. It was the sound of something rotating in the air. Suddenly, the sound of automatic rapid fire came barreling out of a pair of gatling guns.

*BBBBBBBBBBBBBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

Hearing the sound of gatling gun fire going directly for them, Carmelita grabs Sly and jumps out of the way with him in her arms. Hiding behind cover while hugging him, the Vixen waits for Clockwerk to fly out of the way before looking down at the raccoon thief who is stuck in between her large breasts.

“Alright. So here’s what we’re going to do. I’m going to try and drive him away while you go on ahead and steal back whatever pages you can find in this stinkhole of a city. I’m undercover, so I can’t call for reinforcements at the moment. And in the meantime~...” Carmelita says before kissing the raccoon thief. “Try and stay alive~. Okay~?” Carmelita requests after pulling away from his lips.

“O-Okay.” Sly answers in a shy manner.

After being released, Sly turns around and runs while wiping the lipstick off his face. And as he did so, Clockwerk makes a U-turn before aiming directly at the raccoon thief. Unleashing his talons as he starts firing his gatling guns once more, the mechanical owl shoots at the buildings to try and get to Sly. However, the raccoon thief jumps off and throws his right cane at the next building before grabbing the chain and proceeding to swing off it like Spider-Man. Throwing his left cane as he screams, he latches onto the building and swings off of it as well. The civilians look up and notice the raccoon swinging in the air before noticing the mechanical owl rev up his gatling guns and start shooting at them.

“COOPER!!!!!!!” Clockwerk screams as he starts shooting at them.

Trying to shoot at Sly, the mechanical owl ends up shooting the streets and everyone either starts running out of the way or they get shot dead. The raccoon thief, while on the move, was horrified to see the lengths that Clockwerk would go through to get to him. Angry at him, he shouts,

“WHAT ARE YOU DOING, YOU PSYCHOPATH!?!?!?”

“A small price to pay for my revenge.” Clockwerk responds as he starts gaining on the raccoon thief.

Growling at his answer, Sly continued to swing for his life before noticing a gaping window on the right side of town. Making a gamble, the raccoon thief swings and jumps right into it where a family was hiding. Making a small, embarrassed smile before giving them a thumbs-up before making a run for it once more and exiting the apartment in the process.

“He couldn’t possibly make it in here… could he?” Sly questions in his head while running.

*CRUNCH!!!!!*

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Clockwerk screams as he bursts through the entire building.

“AH!!!!!” Sly screams, getting caught off guard.

Realizing that there was no time to hesitate, the raccoon thief ran as fast as he could to get away from the mechanical owl and find someplace to hide from him as he continued to give chase. Clockwerk was more relentless than he anticipated! Sly already knew that he wanted him dead, but seeing Clockwerk involving innocent civilians was unforgivable. However, as he was thinking about that, the mechanical owl starts shooting at the raccoon thief with his gatling guns. Sly ran across the corner as Clockwerk leveled the building with his huge frame and he was doing everything he could to kill the raccoon thief.

“YOU CAN’T ESCAPE ME, SLY COOPER!!!!!! CLOCKWERK IS SUPERIOR!!!!!!!” the mechanical owl screams as he tries inching closer to the raccoon thief.

Suddenly, a door bursts open and a dog carrying a shotgun shoots at Clockwerk. Getting shot in the face, the mechanical owl aims his gatling guns and starts firing, forcing the dog back into his apartment. Sly, on the other hand, went through the many levels of the apartment building and he ran as fast as he could to get away from Clockwerk and save himself.

“Sly! Sly! Are you okay!?” Bentley asks through the earpiece.

“Moving as fast as I can, Bentley! But Clockwerk is trying to take down the entire building!” Sly answers while continuing to make a run for it.

“Make your way up to the rooftop, Sly! You’ve got to keep moving!” Bentley urges as he worries for his best friend.

“Dammit!” Sly curses as he opens the door to the stairs.

Running his way up the stairs, the raccoon thief did everything within his power to get away from the mechanical owl. However, Sly could hear the building beginning to crumble beneath him and he needed to move fast. And he could also hear the metallic clanging of Clockwerk as he destroys the building to get to him.

“I LOVE A GOOD HUNT!!!!!!” Clockwerk screams as he bust through the entryway to the stairway.

Hearing the sound of his metallic voice, Sly hightails it all the way to the top where he busts through the door and makes a run for it. As for Clockwerk, he busts through the rooftop and the building is about ready to collapse. Multiple residents, including the dog with the shotgun, run out of the building just before it collapses to the ground. Having made it out of the collapsed building, Clockwerk flies into the air and proceeds to chase after Sly once more. However, before he could get his talons on the raccoon thief, the mechanical owl suddenly gets hit by multiple grenades.

“Wha-!? AUGH!!!!!!” Clockwerk yelps as he gets hit.

Looking down, he notices several SWAT officers on the ground shooting at him before noticing two attack choppers aiming their weapons at him.

“THIS IS THE MESA CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT!!!!!!! WE HAVE RECEIVED REPORTS OF A LARGE METALLIC BIRD CHASING AFTER A HELPLESS RACCOON!!!!!! YOU ARE TO LAND ON THE GROUND WITH YOUR WINGS ON THE GROUND IMMEDIATELY OR WE WILL OPEN FIRE!!!!!!!!” an officer on one of the attack choppers warns as the gatling guns start to spin.

Angry at the thought of being attacked, Clockwerk lets out a mechanical hoot before spinning his gatling guns and starts shooting at the choppers. One chopper takes a significant amount of damage and causes it to fall down with the pilot and passengers jumping out of the chopper, but the other chopper shoots at the mechanical owl and does a lot of damage to him without fail. Infuriated, Clockwerk tries to grab it with his talons, but a SWAT member fires a rocket at him and he takes a staggering amount of damage, causing him to fly away before he could be destroyed.

As for Sly, he continued to run as fast as he could to get away from Clockwerk. But right now, he couldn’t hear the sound of metallic wings flapping in the air and he couldn’t hear his voice in the background. Nevertheless, the raccoon thief continued to make a run for it until he was near Muggshot’s penthouse. However, that would all come to a halt when he gets tackled by a partially-naked Carmelita and gets pinned to the wall by her and his face is in her large breasts once more.

“Miss me, Ringtail~?” the vixen cop teases as she holds the raccoon thief muffled in her breasts.

“Mmf!” the raccoon thief shouts with his mouth muffled.

“The police were able to hold off Clockwerk and he’s now being forced to make repairs~. So we’ve got clear skies and no angry birds that rain bullets~. So get up~. We’ve got work to do~.” Carmelita explains before getting off the ground and releasing.

After getting on his feet, Sly bends over and takes a moment to catch his breath as he says,

“Never… tackle me… like that… again.”

Suddenly, he notices her naked body underneath the bodystocking in front of him and he turns around to avoid looking at her. Noticing this, Carmelita gets a funny idea and decides to toy with Sly while he tries to keep his eyes averted. Just then, he notices her run around the direction of his eyes.

“Quit looking at Inspector Fox, Sly! We don’t like seeing her naked!” Bentley shouts over the earpiece.

“Yeah! Her body is so icky!” Murray shouts, squicked out from seeing her nude.

Sly keeps turning around at a rapid pace with Carmelita keeping up until he starts getting dizzy. Suddenly, she grabs him and pins him against the wall as she starts murrs into his right ear before whispering,

“I know a great many ways to make you my child~.”

Getting a downward view of her body, Sly could see her large breasts in front of his face before noticing her wide hips and thick legs. The more that he looked at her, the more that he started to receive more of this painful feeling in his pants. And the more that he looked, the more agonized that he felt. Then she grabs and places his right hand on her huge ass. It was soft and supple. Sly could barely think as he grabbed it and he wanted nothing more than this feeling to be over with as he stared at Carmelita’s body. Then she giggles and pulls away before saying,

“But right now~... we gotta get your pages~. I was able to find some clue bottles while trying to distract that old bird and they should be useful for those big vaults you keep on cracking~. So let’s go~.”

Carmelita starts walking ahead and Sly starts to feel the painful sensation in his pants go away. However, she only wore her jacket, a fishnet bodysuit, and a pair of boots with a pair of Glock 17 holsters on her thighs. Sly knew that it was going to be a big distraction going forward, but he knew that he needed to tough it out since they were technically partners now and they needed to work together if they wanted to defeat the Fiendish Five. So taking a deep breath, Sly faces forward and joins Carmelita.

. . .

Back on the ground, Bentley and Murray were watching the entire chaos unfold on the ground as they tried figuring out what to do. Clockwerk had to retreat to make repairs for now, but it would only be a matter of time until he completes repairs and goes after Sly once more. Plus, looking at Carmelita from Sly’s point of view grossed the both of them out. If they had to see another naked woman again, it would be too soon for the both of them. Then Murray speaks up and says,

“I’m gonna drive us around to see if we can get something to eat. Try not to think too hard.”

“Good idea, Murray. Anything to get Inspector Fox off our minds. Eugh!” Bentley responds, still feeling grossed.

“Don’t remind me. Sly is going to Hell after looking at Inspector Fox like that.” Murray says, trying to get the image out of her head.

“Too true.” Bentley says as he turns off the computer monitors in the van.

So they get out of the alleyway and drive off. But while they were driving, a news broadcast was playing and the beautiful news lady explains,

“...and as you can already, this building was destroyed by a large mechanical bird that was chasing a raccoon dressed in blue, allegedly known as Sly Cooper, off the rooftop. And had it not been for the Mesa City Police, this fair city would’ve been wiped off the map. Chief Jericho, what is your next course of action?”

Turning towards a tall, muscular grey wolf with a scar running down the right side of his muzzle, wearing a decorated police uniform with medals on it and wearing a pair of shades. And right next to him was a large kodiak bear with a suit nearly containing his huge muscles and he had a claw mark on his right eye. Looking directly at the news crew, Chief Jericho explains in deep, growling voice,

“We are currently on the hunt for the bird. Sly Cooper may be a thief, but thieves don’t go around destroying buildings for no reason. For all of you watching, we will not rest until that bird is either caged or destroyed. I have already dispatched my best men into going after that damned owl. He is going into Muggshot’s territory, so I would expect all of you to return to your homes until this bullet storm has passed. Lieutenant Fire Stone will give you all the details, so-”

Suddenly, they hear Inspector Barkley scream,

“WHAT!?!? BUT WHAT ABOUT SLY COOPER!?!?!? HE IS A CRIMINAL!!!!!!! WE CAN’T JUST ALLOW HIM TO-!!!!!!!”

Suddenly, the kodiak bear stands in front of Inspector Barkley and growls at him before Chief Jericho walks over to him and gently moves the kodiak bear aside before he says,

“Interpol has no authority here, Inspector Barkley. If Sly Cooper is to be captured, it will be by my forces and he will be given a trial here in the United States. And right now, our goal is to capture the bird that tried to kill him. So take your cigars and go back to the station. We have already received word that you sent one of your Interpol officers here without a warrant, so I expect you to fill out the paperwork you will receive by the time I get back. Are we clear?”

Immediately, two dog officers walk over and stand by him. Standing in defeat as he looked at Chief Jericho, he growls,

“Crystal.”

Inspector Barkley walks off in a huff as the two officers escort him back to his car before driving off with him. After watching him go away, Chief Jericho grabs his radio and says,

“Are you almost there?”

. . .

“Yessir! Sobaka Squad is one klick away from Muggshot’s territory! Captain Tolstoy is about to give us the pep talk!”

Inside a heavily armored truck sat a group of 12 dogs of different breeds wearing the best armor the Mesa City Police Department had to offer and they were carrying assault rifles and shotguns by their side. And at the center sat a huge Caucasian Ovcharka with a scarred face, wearing heavy armor and carrying an FN MAG with special modifications to it by his side and he was waiting for the truck to make its arrival into Muggshot’s territory. And when they finally make it, the truck comes to a complete stop. Immediately, the Caucasian Ovcharka shoots out of his seat and barks, causing the dogs to stand at attention in a military-like manner!

“Comrades… we have just entered Muggshot’s territory. While this is an operation to find and capture Clockwerk, our aim is to destroy Muggshot’s empire once and for all. We will each divide into two teams: assault team and rescue team. Assault team will head straight into the heart of his penthouse and destroy anyone who gets in our way. Rescue team will find and evacuate whatever hostages are being kept in this black heart of Muggshot’s territory. We have spent too many long years in the shadow of that damned bulldog. As for Sly Cooper… he can have what he wants here. AM I UNDERSTOOD!?!?!?" Captain Tolstoy barks.

“SIR, YES, SIR!!!!!!” the dogs scream in unison.

“MOVE OUT!!!!!!” Captain Tolstoy orders as he leads Soboka Squad out of the armored truck.

Immediately, they all leave the armored truck as they all make a move into Muggshot’s territory.

Notes:

Alright, so about Soboka Squad... they will be functioning in the same way that the squad from The Raid did. They will be having a recurring role in Sunset Snake Eyes and they will be interacting with Sly later on. But get ready for Muggshot's introduction in the next chapter. He's gonna be an absolute monster and I'm gonna be showing Sly's path on how he's gonna get to him. Carmelita will also be getting her taste of the action and she will be joining in on shootouts while guarding Sly. I'm also gonna give Bentley and Murray a role in helping out and I will be taking liberties with one of the races from Sunset Snake Eyes. It's gonna be a chaotic next few chapters, so hold onto your butts. That having been said, I have been loving it in Japan so far. I feel safe, I feel satisfied, and I feel incredibly sane. When I get back home to America, I'm gonna save as much money as I can to get a Student Visa and live there. I just love it that much. But I digress. I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see you later.

Chapter 11: Muggshot's Turf

Summary:

Moving across the rooftops, Sly struggles to avert his eyes from Carmelita...

Weakly flying through Mesa City as he evaded the authorities, Clockwerk hid himself in the sewers on a platform before activating his auto-reconstruct circuitry. And as he started to undergo self-repair, he says,

“Activate communications. Codename: Snake Eyes.”

. . .

Inside what appeared to be a huge fire hydrant on top of a large building, there was a large room with multiple dogs at their computers and going through money being sent to them while being watched by multiple dobermans wearing suits with trench coats and wielding machine guns. And on the far end of the throne sat a mustachioed, bulky, muscular bulldog wearing a pinstripe suit, a fedora matching the suit, and a big fat cigar in his mouth, sitting on his throne in front of multiple CRT TVs with his tall, beautiful, voluptuous Afghan Hound secretary.

“How far are we on the next payday, Amira?” the huge bulldog asks as he puffs his cigar.

“Roberts has failed to meet his deadline, Mr. Muggshot. Your men are currently going through his apartment and ransacking his possessions.” Amira answers as she tilts her glasses up with a serious expression.

“Make sure to take his clothes too. I wanna make an example of what happens if you fail to pay Yours Truly on time. And while you're at it, tell Madame Valentine that her rent is due in a couple days.” Muggshot says with a sadistic grin on his face.

“Yes, Mr. Muggshot.” Amira says before getting slapped in the ass, causing her to yelp in the process.

“Heh, heh, heh. It sure feels good to be paid. No hiccups, no police, no birds flying around and screwing your shit up! Feels good to be alive!” Muggshot says as he leans back on his throne to relax.

“Boss! Boss!” one of his goons shouts from the computers.

“What!? I’m trying to relax here!” Muggshot asks, feeling upset by the interruption.

“The bird wants to talk to you!” the goon answers in a panicked voice.

“Huh!? Goddammit… put him up!” Muggshot shouts in a barking voice.

Immediately, one of the computer workers turns on the large monitor in the throne room and it shows Clockwerk on the ground, repairing his damaged body.

“Well, well, well… doing a little sightseeing? You should really think about packing light, you know.” Muggshot says in a sarcastic voice.

“Sly Cooper is on his way. And he has the vixen on his side.” Clockwerk responds while continuing to repair himself.

“WHAT!?!? YOU MEAN DIDN’T FINISH THE JOB WHEN YOU HAD THE CHANCE!?!?!?” Muggshot asks, dropping his cigar as he screams.

“I was about to kill him before the Mesa City Police Department intervened in my impending victory. They are on their way over to steal back the pages of the Thievius Raccoonus.” the mechanical owl answers with sparks flying near his face.

But before the muscular bulldog could lose, Muggshot suddenly takes a moment to think it over before taking a deep breath and responding,

“Oh, so what if he and some vixen slut are on their way over to steal back a few pages? I’ll just have some of my boys over to whack ‘em before they get to my penthouse. By the way, where the hell are you?”

“I’m hiding underneath the sewers of your hideout. The police are currently searching for me. I had no choice but to come here.” Clockwerk answers in a serious tone.

Hearing this, Muggshot’s eyes started twitching from listening to Clockwerk’s answer. His arms started shaking as he gripped the armrests while gritting his teeth in wrathful anger. Growling as he looked at the CRT Monitor with Clockwerk on it, he barks and screams,

“YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT YOU HAVE LED THE POLICE OVER TO MY TURF AND YOU HAVEN’T TAKEN CARE OF THE RACCOON BRAT!?!?!? AND YOU HAVE THE STONES TO COME BEGGING ME FOR HELP!?!?!?”

“Sly Cooper is more tenacious than I anticipated. Get all your men ready. Sly Cooper and Soboka Squad are on their way.” Clockwerk orders while continuing to finish repairs.

Immediately, Muggshot looks at the CRT Monitors and notices that Sly Cooper and Carmelita Fox are on their way with Soboka Squad going through another path. The muscular bulldog shuts off the huge CRT Monitor above him and he barks,

“SEND ALL OF MY MEN AFTER THE RAT AND HIS FOX LADY!!!!!!!! KILL EVERY SINGLE COP THAT SOBOKA SQUAD HAS AND WHOEVER KILLS THEM GETS TO LIVE HERE RENT FREE!!!!!!!! WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT!?!?!?”

Amira immediately gets to typing up the bounty on Sly and Carmelia as well as Soboka Squad along with the rest of the dogs on their computers before she proceeds to make a call to Madame Valentine. Extremely angry that he was trespassed by the police and a thief, Muggshot grabs his customized Typewriter and shoots at the CRT Monitor as he screams,

“FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

. . .

Meanwhile, Sly and Carmelita were navigating their way across the rooftops while trying to avoid drawing attention to themselves. They were getting closer to Muggshot’s Turf, but Sly felt very distracted by Carmelita’s outfit. It was hard enough trying to keep an eye out for threats across Mesa City, but the raccoon thief had a very hard time looking at the vixen cop. All she wore was a fishnet bodysuit, her jacket, and a pair of boots with thigh holsters. His father never told him anything about women and his mother only taught him to treat women with respect.

“We’re getting closer~.” Carmelita says as they jump the next rooftop.

And while Sly did admit to himself that Carmelita was beautiful, he tried to keep his eyes averted from her figure since he was often told by Mrs. Puffin that children who indulged in naughtiness go to Hell. The raccoon thief was very intimidated by that outcome, so he did as much as he could to avoid looking at the vixen cop as possible. But whenever he looked at her, he would feel these weird urges in his body and he was starting to have thoughts that he didn’t think he would have when he was sixteen years old back in 1999. He felt weird all over his body and he couldn’t figure out why, but his penis would hurt whenever he looked at her nude body, especially when he looked at her swaying hips from her leading the way. If he didn’t find a way to ditch her, he would explode. Then all of a sudden, she asks,

“Is something wrong~?”

Suddenly being asked out of the blue as she faces him, he answers in a timid manner,

“U-Um… no…?”

“You were looking at my body~… weren’t you~?” Carmelita asks as she gets closer to his face.

At this point, Sly felt like he had his hands in the very same cookie jar that he stole with his friends back in the Happy Campers Orphanage. And he could notice her large breasts getting into his face with her nipples sticking out of the bodysuit. It was like they were looking at him and they wanted to be sucked by him, but he was unsure if he should since he was afraid of sinning against his ancestors.

“I… I…” Sly mutters as he looks around in different directions before getting pinned by her.

“You know what~? I think that it’s about time that I showed you the beauty of the female body~.” Carmelita teases as she tears off her bodysuit.

“Ah!” Sly yelps as he tries covering his eyes to avoid looking at her naked body before his arms get grabbed by her.

Holding onto him, Carmelita proceeds to kiss Sly passionately as she pins him to the ground before undoing her jacket and holding him down before lowering her to his right ear before blowing into it, causing him to shiver before she whispers,

“I’m going to make you my child~.”

Sly lets out a slight unintentional yelp upon hearing that and he covers his mouth in embarrassment before Carmelita says,

“Until I get whatever boy-ish fantasy you have out of your head~... I’m going show you how a real relationship works~.”

. . .

On ground level, the Assault Team of Soboka Squad was moving through the area in a silent manner and they made sure that there were none of Muggshot’s goons in their way. Peaking through the side of the corner, Captain Tolstoy looks and notices a couple of the thugs sitting at the entrance and watching TV while keeping watch. The Strike Team Captain looked for any open spots that they could exploit by taking out two of the goons before finding an entrance behind them. He turns towards the two Assault Team members behind him and he signals for them to take out the two goons.

Immediately, the two Assault Team members venture their way around the goons without them noticing and they go through the back entrance before heading over to them and grabbing them behind as they stab them with their combat knives. After doing away with the two goons, Captain Tolstoy signals for his men to move forward. As they get near the entrance, they try opening the door, only to notice that the door is barred from the other side. Realizing that they weren’t going to be advancing unless they destroyed the door, Captain Tolstoy says,

“Ready the buzzsaw.”

Right away, a Tibetan Mastiff pulled out a huge portable circular buzzsaw from his back as he started revving it up before preparing to cut through the door on the other side.

. . .

Pushing him to a water tower and sitting him down after stripping him of his clothes and undoing herself of her own clothes as well, Carmelita proceeds to handcuff Sly as she starts grabbing his sensitive cock.

“Big boy~. Have you never jerked off once in your life~?” Carmelita asks as she slowly strokes his member.

“I… I don’t…” Sly gasps in a dizzy state as his head gets caressed by her.

“Oh, poor baby~. Don’t worry~. Just leave it all to Mama Carmelita~.” Carmelita moans before proceeding to kiss him once more.

Stroking his huge cock while kissing him, Carmelita could feel herself heating up while keeping Sly captive. While it was no secret that he was slightly shorter than her, the vixen cop was getting turned on by the fact that she was engaging in femdom with the raccoon thief. Giggling as she kissed him, Carmelita pulls away and turns her body around to place her huge ass in Sly’s face while arching her back with her tail in his face.

“I knew that you were staring at my ass the entire time, raccoon~. You wanted to nuzzle up and do a lot of nasty things to it the whole time that we were walking~. You also wanted to do it with the Diamond Dogs back in the strip club so badly~. But after this, you’re gonna be begging and craving every inch of my body~. Now pucker up~.” Carmelita teases before giving him a blowjob.

Hearing this, Sly hesitates as he feels her ass in his face. However, the smell was driving him crazy and he couldn’t think straight as he smelled it. In spite of everything that he was taught as a child, the raccoon thief couldn’t get the musk out of his mind and in spite of Bentley and Murray trying to contact him, he proceeds to stick his tongue out and put it in her anus.

. . .

After what felt like an eternity, Soboka Squad finally got the huge metallic door open and proceeded to go inside, only to be greeted by gunfire from Muggshot’s goons. Luckily, the armor protected the first Strike Team member as he just falls down and gets pulled out by Captain Tolstoy.

“OPEN FIRE, COMRADES!!!!!!” the Strike Team Captain orders as he starts shooting.

The soldiers immediately follow suit and start shooting the goons down. One by one, they dropped like flies and there were no casualties on the Assault Team. After double-checking for anyone that could’ve been shot, Captain Tolstoy puts his right hand on the earpiece in his right ear before asking,

“Rescue Team, this is Captain Tolstoy. Have you found Sly Cooper or any hostages?”

“Negative, Captain. We are still searching. We encountered a pretty decent force, but we took them out.” the Rescue Team Captain answers over the radio.

“Good. We have just started entering the building. We will meet up with you later. Over and out.” Captain Tolstoy says before taking his finger off the earpiece. “Let’s move.” the Strike Team Captain orders as the rest of his men follow suit.

The Assault Team continued to venture further into the stronghold until they see a whole set of stairs above them. However, it felt strange that they haven’t encountered Muggshot’s forces yet and they’ve only gone through one firefight. Something felt off. Suddenly, Muggshot’s voice through the intercom speaks, making Soboka Squad jump in the process.

“Greetings, piggies. So you’ve all decided to come here and pay Yours Truly a visit. Well, you’ve made the biggest mistake of your lives, or what will be left of them by the time we’re through with you. You see, I sent all my boys after you. Now, that may be spoiling the surprise, but I can promise you this - they are everywhere and they are hungry for some pork ribs. We’re gonna make you piggies regret the day you were born and you are gonna learn the true meaning of dog food, I assure ya. As for the rat who’s coming after my pages… I’m gonna finish what that stupid owl should’ve done long ago. The clock’s ticking, piggies. Come and get me.” Muggshot says before signing off.

Suddenly, they hear a dog howl in a spooky manner, causing the Assault Team to aim their rifles at the staircase. Then the next dog howls, causing them to aim their rifles around. Then the third! Then the fourth! All started howling in intimidation as the next few started barking all over the building.

“Steady, comrades. Steady.” Captain Tolstoy says, calming down his subordinates.

Just then, the gangster dogs appear out of nowhere and they start firing at the Assault Team!

Notes:

Well, that happened. So most of the focus will be on Soboka Squad fighting their way through Muggshot's Turf, but the rest of the attention will be centered on Carmelita and Sly as the former takes the latter's virginity away. I'm going to try and find a way to balance out the action and the sex and I'm going to make sure it doesn't overstay its welcome because I want the duo to get in on the action. Most of the fighting will be based around The Raid, so get ready for the next chapter. And I want Sly's fight with Muggshot to be balls to the wall and super-exciting, so I'm gonna try my best make sure that it stays under an hour for Sly and Carmelita to tap back in and fight. I will also have Murray driving through Muggshot's Turf at some point and I want it to be fun, so be on the lookout for that. The fun has already begun and it's gonna be awesome. Anyway, I'm gonna get back to working on Green Martyr, Fallen Angel. Izuku needs therapy. Anyway, I'll see you later.

Chapter 12: Back-Alley Heist

Summary:

Handcuffed by Carmelita, Sly does his best to endure whatever she has to give...

*Schlick~!* *Lick~!* *Slurp~!*

Feeling her ass getting pressed into his face, Sly could barely concentrate as he stuck his tongue inside Carmelita’s butthole. It had been five minutes since the raccoon thief was handcuffed and he had been tongue-fucking the vixen cop in the ass while the vixen cop was giving him a blowjob. Bizarrely enough, he enjoyed the taste of it. It was so weird. Here he was, attempting to get revenge on the people who murdered his family and here he was, handcuffed to a water tower, having sex with a police officer. If his parents could see him now, they would certainly be disappointed. As Carmelita was sucking on his dick upside down, she says,

“I still remember the day that we first met back in Paris~. You were fifteen on the verge of turning sixteen at the time and I was a fresh rookie back then~. I saw the tip of your tail when you were jumping and climbing back up to the rooftop~. You stole the Diva Diamond that night and you were so confident when you had it in your fingers~. At least until you bumped into me~. You were so cute and flustered that night~. If only I could turn back the clock, I would turn you into the man you are becoming today~. That much is certain~.”

“Mmm… mmm… mmm… your butt… tastes… so good… Ms. Fox.” Sly says as he continues to lick away at her insides.

Immediately, Carmelita turns around and gets directly into his face before saying,

“Ah-ah~. It’s Carmelita, Sly~. Not Ms. Fox~. Nor even Inspector Fox~. It’s Carmelita~. Say my name~.”

Looking into her eyes, Sly could feel her intense gaze as Carmelita looked at him. He knew how much that she wanted him, but he never knew how much she craved him. The raccoon thief was somewhat familiar with the concept of sex, but he was told much about it and the most that he was told was that it was a disgusting and awful practice created by disgusting and awful people who want to have it by Mrs. Puffin. So there was a part of him that was hesitant about going through with the act as he stammers,

“I… I…”

“Come on, Ringtail~. You are still plenty backed from having never jerked it once~. Your friend downstairs still wants me, yet you’re still reluctant~. Whatever education you received and whatever religion that taught you that this is repulsive, throw it all out~. It is just you and me~. We are going to go through with this and you are going to learn the true meaning of love~. Now say my name~.” Carmelita says as she grinds her ass against his bulging cock.

“Ah… I…” Sly mutters as he feels the pressure get to him.

At this point, the raccoon thief couldn’t take it anymore. His dick was bulging and his balls were aching from the pressure of being aroused by the vixen cop. Breathing as he felt the pressure hurt his head, there was only one way that Sly could make the pain go away. Even if it meant going to hell and giving in to the evils of sex, the raccoon thief could no longer take it anymore. In a pathetic manner as tears poured out of his eyes, he begs,

“Please.”

“Please what~...?” Carmelita asks in a teasing manner as she gets into his face once more.

Breathing in and out as he felt himself about to break, Sly answers,

“Please, Carmelita… make me your child.”

Hearing this, the vixen cop suggestively grins before gently shushing him in his ears before whispering,

“Leave everything to me, Ringtail~. By the end of this, you’re gonna want a taste of more than just my ass~.”

. . .

Having turned the computer monitors back on to check on Sly’s whereabouts and to see if he got away from the vixen cop, Bentley suddenly notices Carmelita sitting on his lap and getting ready to take his virginity.

“AUGH!!!!!! SLY!!!!!! DON’T DO IT!!!!!!!! GET AWAY FROM INSPECTOR FOX!!!!!!!!! SHE’S GONNA GIVE YOU COOTIES!!!!!!!!!” Bentley yells in a panicked tone.

“COME ON, SLY!!!!!!! LISTEN TO HIM!!!!!! YOU’LL GO TO HELL IF SHE PUTS THAT THING INSIDE OF YOU!!!!!!!!!” Murray screams upon hearing what’s going on.

. . .

But at this point, Sly was beyond caring about whether or not he was going to Hell after this. If getting his cock inserted into her pussy would stop the pain, then so be it. Slowly, it went inside her. It was a bizarre sensation. It was all weird and slimy inside, yet the raccoon thief felt it strangely comforting.

“Oh… Oh, God…” Sly groans before feeling his tip touch her uterus. “W-What the hell did I just touch!?” Sly asks, feeling her uterus.

“Our bond, Sly~. Our bond as soulmates destined to be with one another~. And we are about to be connected as one~. So buckle up~.” Carmelita answers before moving her hips.

“Ah! Oh, God…” Sly moans as he really starts to feel it.

“Don’t balk on me yet, raccoon~. This ride’s just getting started~.” Carmelita says as she swings her hips.

. . .

*BANG!!!!!!!* *BANG!!!!!!!!* *BANG!!!!!!!!!!* *BANG!!!!!!!!!!!* *BANG!!!!!!!!!!!* *BANG!!!!!!!!!!*

Getting fired at from all sides, Soboka Squad takes cover and tries to get together a plan to kill the gangster dogs. Keeping their heads down, Captain Tolstoy and his men try to find a way to flank the thugs and move forward to Muggshot’s penthouse. Keeping calm and breathing as they look around for blind spots, one of them, a German Shepherd, finds a way up the staircase while the goons continue shooting at them. Turning towards Captain Tolstoy, he signals for him and the rest of the men to hold them off while he goes around and shoots them down. Realizing what he was planning, the Strike Team Captain nods and they start shooting back while the German Shepherd goes on ahead.

Slowly heading up the first level of stairs, the German Shepherd starts picking off the thugs one by one as he moves. Soboka Squad follows suit as the German Shepherd shoots them down like fish in a barrel. It wouldn’t take them long to make it up to the fifth level of stairs before they finally did away with the thugs and cleared out most of the building. After checking around for any ambushes, Captain Tolstoy orders the Assault Team to move on ahead as they press forward to Muggshot’s penthouse.

. . .

Riding on his lap as she moved her hips, Carmelita held onto Sly and she was having the time of her life. Moving up and down, the vixen cop moaned and groaned as she kissed the raccoon thief. She looked at his body and he had the physique of a martial arts athlete. His muscles were showing through his perfectly-sculpted body and he seemed to have the potential to be an underwear model, a fantasy that Carmelita delightfully indulged in.

“How does it feel, Cooper~? How does it feel to be interrogated like this~? I bet you feel silly right about now~.” Carmelita teases as she kisses his neck.

“Ugh… Jesus Christ! So… this… is what… it’s like… to be… bewitched! Oh… oh, God. I… I can’t…” Sly moans as the vixen cop continues to move.

“Just a little longer, Sly~. I want to enjoy this~. When we’re finished, you can do whatever you want with me and I won’t try to stop you~. Now come on~. Let’s have some more fun with each other~.” Carmelita says before arching back and moving even faster.

Sly yelps upon feeling Carmelita move her hips even faster and he could himself losing even more of his mind as his cock feels like it’s on the verge of melting down from the pressure she was putting on it. If his father were to catch him involved in such an act, he would be bemused, but somewhat disappointed. But his mother would be another story. If she saw him like this, she would make a pelt out of Carmelita and give Sly the haranguing of his life. However, it was too late now and all he could do was endure whatever Carmelita gave him.

. . .

Moving through the entire building, the Assault Team of Soboka Squad eventually get to the exit and they find themselves in what appeared to be some office room where it was being guarded by cigar-chewing, trench coat-wearing gangster dogs wielding machine guns in their hands. Immediately, they were spotted and the gangster dogs started shooting at them, forcing the Assault Team to take cover.

“How much further do we have!?” one of the team members asks as he takes cover.

“Several kilos away, comrade! We may not be able to clear out the entire hideout, but we are getting closer! If we can take over this sector of Muggshot’s Turf, we can have these cretins relay any information we find on his drug and extortion activities! Aim for the gangsters inside this area, but no matter what happens! Do not shoot the office workers! We will need them if we are going to put Muggshot behind bars!” Captain Tolstoy answers while keeping his head down.

Growling in frustration as he tries getting his point across, Caption Tolstoy gets out of cover and aims his FN MAG at the gangster dogs before shooting them all down. The other members of the assault team join and start fighting back. But pretty soon, a huge dog wearing a suit with full body armor and carrying a chainsaw runs towards Soboka Squad. Noticing this, the dog carrying a buzzsaw holsters his rifle and revs it up before he starts charging at the dog, clashing with it in the process.

. . .

Back near the water tower, Sly can barely take it anymore. For the past twenty-nine minutes, Carmelita had been riding him like a broken saddle. He had no idea when the pain would end, but the raccoon thief desperately wanted to ejaculate. He didn’t know how much more he could take from this pain. However, he was about to hit the half-hour mark, so it would have to be around the time where Carmelita gives him the okay to ejaculate inside her.

“Enjoying yourself~? We’re almost near the end of the ride, you know~. Anything can happen at this point, so get ready~.” Carmelita says as she goes even harder.

The raccoon thief was counting down the clock in his head. In exactly one minute, he will let out his next load of sperm and it will be inside the vixen cop. Breathing with everything that he had, Sly endured the final minute as he got ready to ejaculate inside Carmelita. And in spite of how much yelling and screaming there was inside his ear from Bentley and Murray, he was beyond caring about what they had to say and he was about to release his next load. He was ready to be free from the pain that was overtaking him and he couldn’t wait to ejaculate. As for Carmelita, she was on the verge of squirting and she could no longer endure his cock after toying with him for so long. And she was finally ready to accept his sperm.

“I-I’m ready, Ringtail~! Shoot into me whenever you’re ready~!” Carmelita shouts as she continues to move her hips.

Hearing her words, Sly was finally ready to release his next load into her after a half-hour of endurance as he made a small smile from the pleasure he felt.

*SPLURT~!!!!!!*

“AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Carmelita screams as she feels the sperm flow into her womb.

. . .

“NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Bentley and Murray scream in unison from inside the van.

. . .

*VRRRR!!!!!!!!* *BZZZZZZZT!!!!!!!!!!*

Clashing their weapons together, the buzzsaw dog and the chainsaw dog went at it as Soboka Squad continued to fire away at Muggshot’s goons. One by one, the goons all dropped like flies without killing any of the office workers and they were on a successful run with getting ready to divulge the information to Chief Jericho. But after a long struggle, the buzzsaw dog pushes back and cuts the chainsaw dog in half.

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” the chainsaw dog screams as he gets cut in half.

After cutting into the chainsaw dog, the buzzsaw stops working, leaving the dog no choice but to pick up the chainsaw and finish the job. One by one, the goons all fell and the Soboka Squad was finally successful in securing the area. And when the coast was clear, the dog turned the chainsaw off and wrapped it around his shoulder.

“Clear!” Captain Tolstoy shouts, allowing his men to leave their cover.

When the shooting finally stopped, the office workers got out of their spaces, only to realize that they were surrounded by the Assault Team. Then they notice Amira getting out from behind her desk and attempting to run away, prompting Captain Tolstoy to aim his FN MAG at her and bark,

“FREEZE!!!!!!!”

Immediately stopping in her tracks, Amira raises her hands into the air and turns around as the Soboka Squad Captain and two of his men approach her with their guns trained on her Captain Tolstoy asks,

“Weren’t you supposed to be with the Diamond Dogs? Why are you here with Muggshot, Amira?”

“I had no choice, Captain Tolstoy. Muggshot was growing powerful and he only chose the prettiest of women from the Fire Hydrant to be his secretary. I had to keep my co-workers fed and warm.” Amira answers.

“Perhaps. Why are you really?” Captain Tolstoy asks with their guns continued to be aimed at her.

“I was told to destroy Muggshot’s Drug and Gambling Empire from the inside. But somehow, he heard about my sabotage mission from an outside source and now… here I am.” Amira answers in a bitter tone.

“This must be Clockwerk’s work.” Captain Tolstoy growls in an angry tone before turning towards the office workers. “Alright, comrades! If any of you wish to remain outside of a prison cell for your sake, you will give us everything we need to know! Am I clear!?” the Soboka Squad Captain barks in an authoritative tone.

Immediately, the hackers all get to work as the Assault Team secures the area. And as they did so, Captain Tolstoy grabs his radio and says,

“Chief Jericho, I share good news with you.”

. . .

After finally unleashing his second load, Sly was released from the handcuffs by Carmelita as she laid down to rest from having sex with him. However, after everything that he went through, it had become blissfully clear to the raccoon thief that he enjoyed sex more than he could care to admit and he wanted more now. Looking at Carmelita’s big, juicy ass as she laid down, Sly drooled in heat and he rushed over to have sex with Carmelita some more. Surprising the vixen cop, the raccoon thief grabs her by the hips from behind as she shouts,

“W-Wait! Sly! I need to-! AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Slipping his cock into her anus, Sly proceeds to have sex with Carmelita some more as he prepares to enjoy himself once more.

. . .

Back at the van, Bentley and Murray were crying about the fact that Sly has cooties now.

Notes:

I have an infection in my left ear and I was still able to get this chapter done! I'm on a motherfucking roll here! Okay, so I've only got a chapters left before we finally make it to Muggshot. Now that Sly has lost his virginity, he's pretty much gonna be a lot more motivated to fight now and he's gonna be a lot more focused now that Carmelita has stolen his virginity. He's gonna be stronger and faster and he's gonna be much more determined than ever with his character development being that he's gonna be a lot more confident in himself. But I digress. The next chapter for this story is going to be a lot more balls to the wall and Sly will be showcasing his full combat abilities while Carmelita calls in a time-out for her to rest. Anyway, I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see all of you later.

Chapter 13: Slight Detour

Summary:

Having lost his virginity to Carmelita, Sly feels a whole new vigor to his determination and personality...

It had been a full hour since they had started going at, but Sly had released his final load into Carmelita before pulling out and resting. Sitting near the water tower with his pants back on and the unconscious vixen cop by his side, the raccoon thief took in everything that had happened to him at once. Looking down at her huge ass that was in his eyesight, he gropes and rubs her right cheek as he thinks about how much he unloaded into her. It had to have been ten times that he ejaculated into her.

“Whoo. I don’t think I enjoyed myself this much since my fun little trip to Disneyland. God… she felt so good. I have no idea why I was ever afraid of sex in the first place. Heh, heh. When I’m finished with Muggshot, I’m going back to the Fire Hydrant with Carmelita. I wanna enjoy more of this.” Sly says as he stretches his arms out to relax.

“I’m glad to hear you’re interested in our VIP service~.” a familiar voice says over the earpiece in a sensual tone.

“Huh!? Madam Valentine!? How did you get this frequency!? And were you listening to us…?” Sly asks, immediately springing to his feet.

“One of my girls inside Muggshot’s turf got some intel about your boys driving through town before stopping in another alleyway~. And your frequency wasn’t hard to find for us~. So we patched ourselves through to your advanced contact lenses and here I find you having some fun with your favorite cop~. Gotta say~... we should’ve kept you inside the Fire Hydrant when we had the chance~.” Madam Valentine answers in a teasing manner.

“Good to know. Anyway, I’m gonna be getting ready to head after Muggshot. Any sign of Clockwerk?” Sly asks as he puts his black tank top on.

“Old featherhead is nowhere to be seen so far~. And right now, Sobaka Squad is clearing out most of Muggshot’s Turf~. Amira has told me that they are currently securing the intel needed to put Muggshot away for good and they are currently on their way over to his penthouse~. So my suggestion for you would be to hop your cute little ass over to his penthouse before they do~.” Madam Valentine answers as she goes over everything she knows.

“Thanks for the info. I’m looking forward to seeing you and the ladies again. But how were you able to find this frequency? Bentley always keeps us encrypted and anonymous.” Sly asks while still smirking at the possibility of sleeping with the dog strippers.

. . .

Back at the Fire Hydrant, the strip club was empty with only the DJ and most of the female and a small bit of the male staff keeping everything clean and spiffy while goofing around a bit while the former played relaxing jazz music. But downstairs, the dog strippers were on their laptops and they were hacking through Muggshot’s security system. Only wearing a leather jacket with studs on it with the Diamond Dogs emblem on it, Madam Valentine was still naked and she only wore golden anklets, platinum bracelets, and earrings with diamonds on them along with a couple rings on her fingers while carrying a cigarette holder with a smoking cigarette and the female Saluki and the female Poodle stayed by her side who were wearing the same leather jackets, but still naked as well. She also had the top of her hair tied back by a Sapphire Brooch. Smiling as she giggled at his question, Madam Valentine answers,

“You can’t keep secrets from a Goddess, Sly~. Thief Net has many ways of tracking down the competition and you and your friends are no exception~. Muggshot is not far away~. And Captain Tolstoy and his meatheads have done away with most of his forces~. I have already alerted Chief Jericho of Clockwerk, but it’s only a matter of time until they make it to Muggshot~. It’s a race against the clock, Cooper~. Do you feel like going through a time trial~?” Madame Valentine asked before turning towards the Saluki. “Leila, give Sly the coordinates~.” the female doberman orders in a sensual tone.

Immediately, Leila walks over and grabs the flash drive before inserting it into the main computer before giving Madam Valentine a playful kiss on the lips with a giggle and uploading the coordinates to Sly’s location.

. . .

Suddenly, Sly started to notice a visual map of Muggshot’s Turf before seeing the pinpointed location of where he needed to go to get to the penthouse, which was the shape of the fire hydrant from a far distance. He could already see it, but he suddenly notices a wrecking ball right next to the neon sign that read MUGGSHOT in all caps and it was easily noticeable, causing Sly to roll his eyes.

“Obnoxious, isn’t it~? If you feel like putting that bulldog in his place, destroy that neon sign and bust into his penthouse~. And another thing~.” Madam Butterfly says before uploading the locations of the clue bottles and the vaults. “That should make things easy for you~. Captain Tolstoy is currently busy with extraction information from Muggshot’s computer department, so I suggest you get going while the going’s good~. Oh, and make sure that your girlfriend joins us~. She was very good on and offstage and we want her in on the fun~.” Madam Valentine says once more in a teasing manner.

Looking directly at Carmelita, he no longer holds the same boyish feelings he had towards her. Now he feels every need to be inside her and he enjoys the feeling of sex. He was looking forward to having more of it when the job was finished now that he has become a man in his own right. But he won’t be much of a man if he can’t get the Thievius Raccoonus from the Fiendish Five. Smiling as he looked on ahead at the Fire Hydrant on top of the building with the neon sign, Sly playfully says,

“I’ll be in touch, ladies. But right now, I gotta patch right back over to Bentley and Murray.”

“See you around, cutie~.” Madam Valentine says in a flirtatious tone before blowing a kiss as she signs off for the time being.

After saying goodbye to each other for now, Sly patches himself back over to Bentley as the turtle screams,

“SLY!!!!!! SLY!!!!!! ARE YOU OKAY!?!?”

“I’m all good, Bentley. The Diamond Dogs gave the coordinates to-!” Sly says before noticing that the genius turtle wasn’t talking like he usually was. “Are you okay, Bentley? Usually, you give me the rant of me not communicating with you and Murray and-!” Sly says before being interrupted out of the blue.

“WHAT DID THAT JEZEBEL DO TO YOU!?!?!? WHERE IS SHE!?!?!? LET ME AT HER!!!!!! LET ME AT HER!!!!!!! LET ME-!!!!!!!!!” Bentley screams before the raccoon thief shuts off his earpiece.

“God, he never stops shouting.” Sly whines as he rubs his ear hole with his pinkie.

Looking down at Carmelita, Sly attempts to wake her up one more time, but she just wouldn’t budge for the time being. Seeing that he was getting nowhere with her, the raccoon thief decides to let the vixen cop rest for now and he puts her twin Glocks by her side as she continues to sleep.

“I’ll be back, gorgeous.” Sly says as he kisses her before running off.

Immediately, the raccoon thief jumps to the next rooftop and makes his way to Muggshot’s Turf. For some reason, Sly feels a lot more energetic and a lot more limber as he moves and he couldn’t figure out where this source of energy was coming from, but he was enjoying it and he was gonna use it to take down Muggshot once and for all. And as he continues to run, he puts the earpiece back in and contacts Bentley once again.

“Are we done yelling?” Sly asks while continuing to run.

Bentley was still fuming over the earpiece while Murray went back to driving. The genius turtle didn’t say a word as he listened to his best friend talking to him and all he could muster out of his mouth was,

“Yes…”

“Great. So the Diamond Dogs gave me the coordinates to Muggshot’s penthouse and-!” Sly before being interrupted once again.

“SLY!!!!! CLOCKWERK’S BACK!!!!!! RUN LIKE HELL!!!!!!” Bentley screams over the earpiece.

Immediately, the raccoon thief turns around and notices that the mechanical owl has completed his repairs and is now chasing after him once again.

“I AM STILL HERE, COOPER!!!!!!” Clockwerk screams as he starts shooting at him with his Gatling Guns.

“Oh, shit!” Sly curses as makes a run for it.

Dashing as fast as he could, the raccoon thief makes his way down the fire escape and heads through a broken window. Having made it inside one of the apartment complex buildings, Sly takes a moment to catch his breath. As he took this moment to relax, he puts the earpiece back on and asks,

“How far am I from Muggshot’s penthouse?”

“You’re fifteen kilometers away from Muggshot’s right now. But thanks to Madam Valentine’s intel, we’ve got several locations for the clue bottles and vaults around here. So we should be good for a while. But, Sly…?” Bentley explains,

“What?” Sly asks.

“We’re having a talk about this when we’re finished with this job.” Bentley answers in a serious tone.

“Oh, my God… I’m fine, Bentley. You’ve got nothing to worry about.” Sly says before signing off.

And with that, Sly gets moving through the apartment complex as he starts looking for Clue Bottles while making his way over to Muggshot’s penthouse. Passing through the hallway, the raccoon thief could hear different sorts of activities behind the apartment doors. They all ranged from doing drugs to having sex to even indoor fighting as he continued to move. While he was a bit weirded out by everything that was going on behind closed doors, Sly paid no mind to what they were doing and continued. Suddenly, he notices two eight year-old puppies standing in the hallway. One was a dalmatian and he wore blue overalls while the other one was a pinscher and he wore black gym shorts and a tank top. The dalmatian was carrying a clue bottle in his hand while the pinscher was carrying a basketball. Noticing it, Sly walks over and greets in a friendly tone,

“Hey kids, where are you parents?”

“Our parents are shopping for groceries.” the dalmatian boy answers.

“Why are you here, mister? Are you a thief or something?” the pinscher asks, looking at his costume.

“Eh… kind of. But why are you out here instead of being in your apartment? It’s dangerous.” Sly asks, not understanding why they’re outside.

“We just got back from the basketball court. On our way back, we found this really weird green bottle with a note inside it in an alleyway. So we decided to take it with us.” the dalmatian boy answers while looking at the clue bottle.

“Hmm. I know you already found it first, but can I have it? There’s something that I need to look for inside it. I’ll pay for it if I have to.” Sly asks as he holds his hand out.

Looking at each other in a mischievous manner, the pinscher answer,

“You can have the clue bottle for three hundred dollars.”

Hearing this, Sly was thrown off at how smart the boys looked. But considering how cheap of a price it was to get the clue bottle, he ultimately caves and pulls out his wallet.

“Jeez. You kids are smarter than you look.” Sly says as he gives the pinscher the money.

“We’re merchants. I’m Jules.” the pinscher answers with a small smile as he looks over the money.

“And I’m Liam.” the dalmatian answers with a bright smile.

“Right. Anyway, can I have the clue bottle?” Sly asks as he holds out his right hand.

“Here you go.” Liam says, giving him the clue bottle. “So what’s so special about that bottle anyway, mister?” he asks as he tries looking at it.

“There’s something that I need from it. Stand back.” Sly answers before throwing it into the ground to get at the clue.

After looking at it, the raccoon thief puts it away and turns towards the two male puppies before saying,

“Now that you made your little profit, go back to your apartments. There’s a very scary owl outside and I want all of you to stay safe.” Sly says in a serious tone.

“Are you talking about the same owl who was chasing after you?” Jules asks in a suspicious tone.

“We saw you and that owl on TV on our way back. You’re Sly Cooper, aren’t you?” Liam states as he grabs the basketball.

“Of course you did. And to answer your question, yes, I’m Sly Cooper. Anyway, get back to your apartments. It’s not safe out here.” the raccoon thief answers before sending them off to their homes.

“We would, but we forgot to bring our apartment keys with us.” Jules answers with a sheepish grin.

Facepalming in annoyance, Sly walks with them to their respective apartments. Interestingly, they live right next door to each other and their rooms were 405 and 406. After unlocking their doors, they both say their goodbyes to Sly.

“It was nice meeting you, Mr. Cooper. If we ever find anything, we’ll be sure to share it with you.” Liam says in a sweet tone.

“For a price, of course.” Jules adds with a cheeky grin on his face.

Alright. But don’t do it with your parents around. There are a lot of dangerous people on Thiefnet.” Sly says in a warning tone.

“We will. Take care!” the two boys say in unison before going into their apartments.

“Thank you.” Sly responds as he watches them close their doors.

After saying his goodbyes, the raccoon thief goes on ahead and continues on his path to Muggshot’s penthouse. Sly had no idea if Clockwerk was still out there, but nothing was going to stop him from getting the Thievius Racconus back. So with newfound determination after losing his virginity, Sly crashes into the next building. But this time, it was full of drug dealers and they were heavily armed to the teeth.

“Oh, shit…” Sly mutters in a deadpan tone as he looks around him.

Notes:

Well, that's another chapter done and dusted. I just turned 28 last weekend, so feel free to send me some birthday wishes in the comment section down below. I also got a hair cut and I am deeply enjoying it. Anyway, the next couple chapters are gonna be filled with action and they will be coinciding with Sly and Sobaka Squad (I accidentally mangled the name) and they will be bumping into each other at several points, but they will not be officially meeting until after Muggshot's defeat. As for the Diamond Dogs, I might have them make some occasional appearances and I may think about having Jules and Liam appearing a bit more, but we'll see about that. But I digress. Expect a whole lot of action from here on out and it's gonna be exciting when Sly gets to Muggshot. It's gonna be messy. And I will have Carmelita wake up at some point. Plus, Clockwerk will be joining in on the fun. Yay. Anyway, I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see all of you later.

Chapter 14: Straight to the Top

Summary:

Making his way through the apartment complex, Sly spots several hostages...

Surrounded by the gangster dogs as they all point their guns at him, Sly keeps his hands up and tries figuring a way out of the mess he got himself into. There were also hostages around the area and they were forced to count money as well as forge documents. It was a horrific sight. Suddenly, he remembers that he has some smoke bombs in one of his pouches. Smirking as he got on his knees, the raccoon thief slowly lowered his arms and attempted to reach for his back pouch as he kept his eyes on the gangster dogs. However, he suddenly notices a flash grenade come through the door behind them and he closes his eyes as well as his ears.

*BANG!!!!*

Immediately, the Rescue Team of Sobaka Squad rushes in and starts shooting every single one of the gangster dogs in their sight. Sly rolled out of the way while the hostages ducked down to avoid getting caught in the crossfire. The gangster dogs had a hard time seeing from the blinding effects and their ears were concussed from the sound of the flashbang, so it wouldn’t take long for the Rescue Team to mow all of them down. After finishing off Muggshot’s thugs, they proceed to check around the area to see if there were survivors. But as they were checking and making sure that the hostages were safe, they noticed that the seventh one was missing. Sniffing out the seventh survivor, the Rescue Team turns around and notices the thug, a Great Dane, holding a gun to the hostage’s head. Immediately stopping in his tracks, the Great Dane barks,

“I’M GETTING OUT OF HERE WITH ALL OF THIS MONEY IN MY BAG!!!!!! PUT YOUR PIECES DOWN OR THE BITCH GETS IT!!!!!!!”

Steadily but surely, the Rescue Team kept their weapons trained on the Great Dane, but they weren’t tensed up and they kept their eyes on them. However, unbeknownst to the Great Dane, Sly was right behind him. Readying his canes, the raccoon thief took a deep breath and raised his right one up. The Rescue Team Captain notices the cane and realizes what’s about to happen.

“HEY!!!!! DO YOU PIGS NOT HEAR ME!?!?!? I’LL KILL HER!!!!!! I’LL-!!!!!!!” The Great Dane thug barks before the raccoon thief swipes the gun out of his hand.

Immediately, the hostage ducks down and the Rescue Team opens fire on the Great Dane thug. After filling the thug with enough bullets to make a cake filling, he drops dead. Sly immediately tries to make a break for it, but one of the Rescue Team members aims his bayonet-armed rifle at the raccoon thief. However, the Rescue Team Captain barks,

“Hold your fire!”

Sly immediately stops in his tracks upon hearing that and turns around. The Rescue Team Captain shoulders his bayonet-armed rifle and takes off his helmet to be revealed as a Calupoh as he walks over to the raccoon thief before saying,

“Those were some slick moves, kid. Your papi knew what he was doing when we fought by each other’s side back then.”

“You knew my father?” Sly asks with widened surprise.

“A very long time ago, hermano. Name’s Lieutenant Ramirez, but you can call me the Rescue Team Captain of Sobaka Squad. Nice to meet you, vato.” the friendly captain answers as he holds his hand out to shake the raccoon thief’s hand.

“Same here. I saw what you guys did to Clockwerk. Thanks for the save back there.” Sly responds as he shakes the muscular dog’s hand. “Whoa, you’ve got a helluva grip there.” the raccoon thief notes as he lets go of his hand.

“Comes with many years of serving in the marine corps, mapache. So I take it that you’re here to give Muggshot what’s coming to him?” Lieutenant Ramirez asks in a serious, yet friendly tone.

“I’m here to get the pages of the Thievius Raccoonus back. But other than that… I’m here to put that bulldog down. Or if not, severely cripple him. Either way, he’s overdue for what he did to my parents.” Sly answers in a serious tone.

“Can’t say I blame you, hermano. If a group of five, crazy thugs did my entire family in, I’d be pissed off too. But still, it’s nice to finally meet Connor’s little mapache.” Ramirez says in a friendly tone.

“Same here. By the way, are there more of you or are you the only ones here?” Sly asks, looking at the group of six.

“Well, we got the Assault Team on their way over to Muggshot’s penthouse. From what I heard, one of the Diamond Dogs is over with the Assault Team right now. Maybe you can get a lapdance from her when this is all over?” Ramirez asks as he and his squad mates share a laugh.

Laughing as well, Sly responds,

“Maybe. Maybe. Or maybe I can get more than a lapdance?”

This caused the entire Rescue Team along with most of the hostages to laugh, and bark, even harder upon hearing that and Ramirez says,

“Captain Tolstoy is gonna be looking forward to meeting you when this is all over! You really are Connor’s nino!”

Sly’s head was filled with questions when Lieutenant Ramirez said that, but he knew that he needed to shelve all of that for now when the Rescue Team Captain says,

“Me and my boys are gonna stay here and clean up. I’ll let everyone know that you’re on your way over to Muggshot’s penthouse.”

“What!? But-!?” Sly asks in a stammer before being calmed down.

“Hey, relax, hermano. Just leave everything to me and we’ll be downing Modelos by the time we’re finished with clean-up. Now go get your pages.” Lieutenant Ramirez assured in a friendly tone.

“Alright. I trust you, guys. Don’t let me down.” Sly responds before proceeding to run off.

After watching him run off, Captain Ramirez turns around as the Rescue Team prepares evacuation for the hostages and he prepares to contact Captain Tolstoy over the earpiece.

“This is Lieutenant Ramirez to Captain Tolstoy, over.” the Rescue Team Captain says.

“This is Captain Tolstoy. What is your status, Lieutenant Ramirez?” the Assault Team Captain of Sobaka Squad asks over the radio.

“The hostage situation is all good. We are currently preparing evac as we speak.” Lieutenant Ramirez answers in a serious tone.

“Horosho, Comrade Ramirez! We are currently in the middle of relaying the information over to Chief Jericho from Muggshot’s computer department. By the time we’re finished, that bulldog will have nothing left. We will finally be able to live without him breathing down our necks.” Captain Tolstoy says in a cheerful tone.

“Couldn’t have put it better myself, hermano. By the way, you’re not gonna believe who I just bumped into during the hostage situation.” Lieutenant Ramirez responds with a widened smile.

“Shto?! Who is it!?” Captain Tolstoy asks, wanting to know who it is.

“It’s Connor’s nino.” Lieutenant Ramirez answers with a sharp grin.

. . .

Running through the hallway, Sly was making his way to the next door as he got ready to fight Muggshot. If the raccoon thief were being honest with himself, he was very unsure if he could trust Lieutenant Ramirez to keep his word that Captain Tolstoy and the rest of his men won’t arrest him if they encounter each other. But right now, Sly was on borrowed time and he needed to get the missing pages and take down Muggshot once and for all. And he knew that if Lieutenant Ramirez wanted to, he would’ve either shot him on sight or arrested him. The raccoon thief couldn’t understand it, but he knew that now wasn’t the time to be solving riddles. He needed to complete his mission and he needed to complete it now. So without second-guessing himself, Sly proceeded forward.

But as he continues to run, several thugs pop out from the hallways and their rooms with chains, steel pipes, crowbars, baseball bats, and machetes start charging directly at the raccoon thief. And before he knew it, Sly was locked into a fight. Brandishing his canes, he counters the first thug carrying a steel pipe with his right one before slicing right through his mouth with his left cane, causing him to drop dead. The second goon charges at him with a wooden Louisville Slugger baseball bat, but Sly jumps into the air and dropkicks him in the face, knocking out his teeth in the process.

“CRUNCH!!!!!*

Falling on the ground, Sly launches himself back up and kicks the third goon in the face, forcing the other four goons to collide as they all rush towards him. Rushing over the subdued guards, the raccoon thief makes his way out of the hallway and notices a huge flight of stairs above him. Turning around to notice that the thugs were getting up, Sly jumps to the scaffolding and starts climbing his way up. However, he soon notices several thugs running towards the scaffolding with machine guns and submachine guns as they all attempt to kill the raccoon thief.

*BANG!!!!!!!* *BANG!!!!!!!!* *BANG!!!!!!!!!!*

Vaulting over the railing, Sly takes cover as they all open fire on him. Crouching towards the railing, the raccoon thief peeks his head out and notices twenty thugs all shooting at him with everything they had. Keeping his breathing steady, Sly waited for the moment that they ran out of ammo, so that he could make his way towards the next flight of stairs without the risk of getting shot at.

*BANG!!!!!!* *BANG!!!!!!!* *BANG!!!!!!!!!*

Coming from the ground level, Sly looks down and notices the Rescue Team shooting directly at the gangster dogs. They were picking them off one by one and they never missed with their shots.

“Go get ‘em, vato! We’ve got you covered!” Lieutenant Ramirez shouts as he and his team continue to shoot at more of the thugs. “And tell your girlfriend I said hi!” the Rescue Team Captain says before letting out a wolf whistle.

At first, Sly had no idea what he meant by that. But then he felt something soft from the back of his head and he smiled upon fully realizing who it was before turning around to look at Carmelita Fox wearing only her jacket, collar, and her boots.

“I was wondering when you would show up, Inspector Fox.” Sly says with a cheeky grin.

“I just needed a breather, Ringtail~. So how does it feel to be a man now~?” Carmelita asks as she hugs him into her large chest.

“Never felt this good.” Sly answers as he hugs her back.

As he wrapped his arms around her waist, he reached his right hand down and proceeded to grope her ass while embracing her in his left arm. It was soft, yet somewhat firm, to the touch and he found out that it was favorite body part to grab in his hands. At this point, Sly was beyond caring about what others thought of him and he wanted to enjoy Carmelita’s body as he embraced her. However, that would prove to be short-lived as another thug runs down and attempts to kill them with a steel pipe.

*BANG!!!!!*

Putting a bullet into the thug’s head with her glock, Carmelita looks down at Sly with a concerned look. Suddenly, he gets a call from his earpiece and answers it.

“Hello?” Sly asks.

“Hello, Sly Cooper~. My name is Amira~. It is an honor to finally speak to Connor’s son~.” the female voice with a slight middle-eastern accent answers.

“Hey, Amira. So I take it that you’re with the Diamond Dogs?” Sly asks, already catching on that she’s not who she seems.

. . .

Stripping out of her secretary attire, Amira was completely naked, outside of an elegant choker, as she pulled her Diamond Dogs leather jacket before donning it as she answers,

“You are correct, Mr. Cooper~. I moved here to this city with my family in the 1990s in the hopes of having a better life in the United States. However, me and my family were subjected to classism and racism during my stay here. But on my way back from school was where I crossed paths with destiny. When I was being mugged, I was rescued by Madam Valentine and her women, stating that violent men have no place in their city. My family believes in the Nation of Islam, so I’m sure you can already put the pieces together.”

“Hey, I’m not one to pry against religion here.” Sly responds, wanting no part in bashing against the Nation of Islam.

“Even by the Nation of Islam standards, my father was a very violent man. If me and my mother were to speak out of turn, he would always beat us before throwing us into our rooms with no food. But when I told Madam Valentine about it, she told me she would take care of it. And she did.” Amira answers in a grim tone.

“You must’ve really hated your old man if you wanted him gone.” Sly notes as he hangs onto every word.

“It is not necessarily a matter of hatred, but a matter of safety for my mother, Mr. Cooper. But after that, that’s where I finally got to discover who I really was as a woman~. I went to the Fire Hydrant, lost my virginity to an underage boy that snuck in, and I became their intelligence, always counting money and forging documents for Madam Valentine~. Life was good~. Until Muggshot came around.” Amira explains further as she delves into the bulldog.

“Did I just hear you say that you had sex with a minor…?” Sly asks in a shocked tone.

“Please stay with me, Mr. Cooper~. I am about to tell you how far away you are from Muggshot’s penthouse~. You are a couple rooftops away from him~. I’m sure you have seen the neon sign that reads MUGGSHOT from above~. Well, there’s a crane with a wrecking ball up above~. If you use enough force, it should launch a hole straight into Muggshot’s penthouse and take you directly to him~. Captain Tolstoy and his men are already on their way over to him and Chief Jericho is not too far behind~.” Amira explains in detail as she gives him the exact coordinates.

“Got it. Are you already on your way out of here?” Sly asks, wanting to know what will happen to her.

“I have been reluctantly sent here by Madam Valentine as a peace offering for Muggshot in the hopes that it’ll help loosen his grip on Mesa City. But apparently, we were wrong. You have to stop him, Sly Cooper. Put an end to Muggshot’s money-laundering empire. Once and for all.” Amira answers in a grim tone.

. . .

Hearing all of this, Sly responds,

“Believe me… I have no intention of letting Muggshot walk away from this.”

“Good. I look forward to our meeting in the flesh, Sly Cooper~.”

With that, Amira signs off and Sly was looking at the staircase above him. and says,

“We need to get going, Cooper~.”

“Ladies first~.” Sly responds with a cheeky smile on his face.

After releasing her from his grip, Sly slaps Carmelita’s ass as she goes forward and starts shooting down Muggshot’s goons. And as the vixen cop did so, the raccoon thief proceeded to climb up the scaffolding and he was scaling the stairs as he climbed. Whenever there was a thug that attempted to shoot him down, she would always be there to shoot the goon down. They were making their way up and clearing levels as more thugs appeared and they were just chewing through the thugs like chocolate bars.

“We’re almost up to the top! Just a couple more levels!” Sly shouts before yanking a thug over the railing.

“I see the ceiling~! Keep going~!” Carmelita shouts before shooting through the next set of thugs in front of her.

Moving through the next set of mooks, the duo made short work of them as they continued their way up to the top before opening the door to find themselves at the rooftop. Looking around, there were various thugs on top. But up above them was the neon sign that read MUGGSHOT on it and it had a huge crane with a wrecking ball on it. Looking directly at each other, Sly proceeded to climb his way up the crane while Carmelita shot her way through to the controls. After closing the door and turning on the ignition, the vixen cop shouts,

“HANG ON, RINGTAIL~!!!!!!”

The raccoon thief gives her a thumbs-up and she immediately starts swinging the wrecking ball around, destroying the neon sign in the process before launching it directly into the upper level of the penthouse where Muggshot awaited.

Notes:

Another chapter bites the dust! Well, the next chapter is going to be pretty hardcore. Expect a lot of guns and some severe bodily-harm to come into play as Sly and Muggshot fight each other to the death. As for Bentley and Murray, I have an idea for them. But it will involve them fighting Clockwerk from the ground and there will definitely be some pay-off for it as Sly fights Muggshot. But after this, expect for a deep tonal shift in Vicious Voodoo when Sly gets ready to fight Mz. Ruby. But I digress. Anyway, my ear infection is starting to go away and my throat is doing okay, but it's preventing me from sleeping a bit due to how itchy it is. And even cough drops can only do so much. I'm really loving it in Japan, but I wish I didn't feel this miserable. But I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter. I'm gonna work on my MHA content next week. I'll see you later.

Chapter 15: Last Call

Summary:

Riding the wrecking ball into the penthouse, Sly prepares to confront Muggshot once and for all...

Smashing right through the fire hydrant, Sly lands right on his feet where an angry Muggshot and his men waited for him. They were all gathered in a ring where the raccoon thief looked around and noticed all the dogs barking and snarling at him from outside the ring. It really looked as if they were rabid and they all wanted a piece of him.

*BANG!!!!!*

Suddenly, they all stop barking and turn towards Muggshot, who was sitting on his throne and he had a large burly Mastiff mask wearing a bloodied suit, apron, and a mask and carrying a chainsaw by his side. The other dog was a psychotic Xolo wearing a bloodied suit as well, but with no apron and he wore a pair of boots with his pant legs tucked into them and he carried a pair of sheathed machetes by his legs.

“Ha, ha, ha, ha! My boys have been running around, trying to find and put you down like a four-cent pair of socks and this is how I’m repaid!? You standing in front of me with your stupid sticks on you!? My God, this is a fever dream!” Muggshot shouts in a jeerful tone.

“Not as much as the time my father knocked your block off with his.” Sly responds with a smug grin on him.

“Oh, yeah! Your old man had a killer swing on him! Too bad it didn’t take much for us to beat him and mommy to a pulp! Jesus Christ, they were such wimps! I’m amazed that they were still standing after I beat them to a pulp!” Muggshot shouts, trying to provoke the raccoon thief.

While it did slightly strike a nerve with him, Sly keeps his cool and looks Muggshot in the eyes before responding in a taunting voice,

“I hope you’re not gonna keep me busy. Because I got some pages to take back and a date with a few ladies back at the real Fire Hydrant.”

“W-What!? I have spent the last decade trying to get this city to push forward and you have the audacity to compare me to the skanks on the far side of town!? You come into MY place! Steal MY stuff! Trash the joint! I feel transgressed and violated! Let’s rock!” Muggshot barks as he activates a button on his right armrest.

Suddenly, two doors swing open and in walk the two bodyguards that stood by Muggshot’s side as the Mastiff revs up his chainsaw and the Xolo unsheathes his machetes. Watching the both of them circle him, Sly gets ready for one of them to make the first move. Taking a deep breath, Sly smirks and gets ready.

“AAHHH!!!!!!!” the Xolo screams as he charges the raccoon thief behind him.

Hearing the Xolo run directly at him, Sly countered the attack and hooked him in the abdomen before throwing him at the Chainsaw Mastiff. While the throw did have enough force, it wasn’t enough to knock the Chainsaw Mastiff back. However, it angered him to an insane degree that he cut the Xolo down with his chainsaw before turning towards Sly, who was disgusted with what happened. The Mastiff runs after Sly and tries to cut him up with his chainsaw, but he parries it, but the Chainsaw Mastiff pushes his weight onto the raccoon thief and tries to kill him. But Sly uses that to his advantage and moves out of the way before kicking him into the wall. Then Muggshot shouts,

“LAST CALL, BOYS!!!!!! WHOEVER SKINS THE RACCOON ALIVE GETS EARLY RETIREMENT!!!!!!!!”

Hearing this, the gangster dogs bark and cheer as the cage releases and they all start charging at Sly Cooper. The raccoon thief leaps into the air and he throws his canes at two of them before pulling them up into the air with the hooks and throwing them at Muggshot.

“GAH!!!!!! GODDAMMIT!!!!!!!!” Muggshot screams before firing his tommy guns at the raccoon thief.

Firing rapid shots at him, Muggshot did everything within his power to try and kill Sly Cooper. However, the raccoon thief was just too fast for the bulldog and he kept getting hit by his own men. As for what was happening on the ground, the Mastiff was incredibly frustrated with not being able to reach Sly. So in full, complete anger, he swings his chainsaw around wildly as he tries getting to the raccoon thief, getting everyone killed in the process.

“YOU DUMBASS!!!!!! YOU’RE GETTING MY BOYS KILLED!!!!!!! GET THE RACCOON!!!!!!!” Muggshot barks, chastising the Mastiff.

However, the Mastiff was too angry to listen and all he could do was swing and chase after Sly as he continued to evade him. Eventually, it got to the point where Muggshot was beginning to run out of men and he loses his patience to the point where he starts unloading his tommy guns straight into the Mastiff, causing him to trip over and fall down, throwing his chainsaw out of the way in the process to avoid getting cut up in the process. But by then, Muggshot was very short on men and it wouldn’t take Sly long to dispatch the rest of them with his bladed canes. Angry at the loss of all of his men, Muggshot barks,

“GODDAMMIT!!!!!! YOU’VE GIVEN ME NO CHOICE BUT TO DEAL WITH YOU MYSELF!!!!!!!”

Getting off his throne, Muggshot grabs his tommy guns and attaches them to his forearms before he starts shooting at Sly Cooper. Running to the right, the raccoon thief tries to figure out a way to use the bulldog’s weight against him. But the only problem was that he was using his tommy guns and Sly couldn’t afford to get shot. So he decided to wait for the bulldog to run out of ammo before he could run in and use his canes on him.

*Click!* *Click!* *Click!*

As if on cue, Muggshot depletes his Chicago Typewriters of their ammunition and he is left with no choice but to reload.

“OH, FOR FUCK SAKE!!!!!!!!” Muggshot curses as he folds the guns back before attempting to grab some ammos drums.

Just then, Sly jumps up and gives Muggshot a dropkick to the face, causing him to fall down and give the raccoon thief ample time to start laying into him. However, the bulldog was so huge and muscular that his canes literally bounced off him. Noticing this, Muggshot laughs and shouts,

“You think your cute little sticks are gonna graze me!? Get a good look at my frame, pee wee! I’M ALL MUSCLE!!!!!!”

*WHACK!!!!!!*

Flying across the room, Sly hits the wall, causing him to be discombobulated. But when he shakes his head, he looks up and notices Muggshot charging towards him with his fists. Immediately, the raccoon thief dodges out of the way before he could get smashed by the bulldog mob boss. Realizing that he was getting nowhere with his canes, Sly sheathes them on his back and gets into a fighting stance. Smiling at what appeared to be a death wish from the raccoon thief, the bulldog mob boss says,

“I’m gonna make a pelt outta you when I’m finished.”

“Then let's play a little fetch, doggie.” Sly responds as he gestures at the bulldog to come get him.

Immediately, Muggshot charges directly at Sly and swings his right fist at him. Sly slides underneath the fist before hitting Muggshot in the solar plexus. He immediately laughs it off and tries hitting him once more. But Sly maneuvers right through his fists, sliding and vaulting right through his attacks. He would kick and punch Muggshot all over his body and so far, it wasn’t doing much to slow the bulldog down. However, the raccoon thief was starting to see a dent in his iron.

“Come on! Quit moving and let me hit you!” Muggshot shouts as he tries hitting the raccoon thief.

But Sly wasn’t slowing down. In fact, he was just getting started. Using his body as a weapon, the raccoon thief was laying it deep into the bulldog mob boss and he was starting to see some progress. And for some reason, he was starting to feel some form of power growing within him. However, Sly needed to continue avoiding Muggshot if he didn’t want to lose this power.

“GODDAMMIT!!!!!!! STAND STILL!!!!!!!” Muggshot barks as he continues swinging his fists.

Jumping into the air, Sly lands on Muggshot’s back and proceeds to hit him in the face multiple times as he gets very close to unlocking this new power inside him. Suddenly, blue stripes started to show all over his grey fur and he could feel himself getting stronger and stronger by the minute. Landing punch after punch on his face, the raccoon thief was starting to feel it and he had finally hit his peak when the blue stripes grew more apparent on his fur before jumping off Muggshot and giving him a flying kick to the face before landing on his feet. And right there, Sly actually transformed into what appeared to be some sort of evolved version of himself. Looking at his own body, he was amazed and freaked out at the stripes on his body and he could feel the power growing through him. But he didn’t have time to marvel at his new power as Muggshot gets back on his feet before screaming,

“YOU’RE DEAD!!!!!!!”

But as Muggshot swings his right fist, Sly rolls over before launching himself up and kicking his face and landing down to deliver a punch before delivering more of them to Muggshot, causing him to fall down. But just as Sly was about to cool down, he suddenly heard Muggshot barking at him. And before he could grab Sly, he turns around and gives him a powerful uppercut, causing Muggshot to fall and get his legs caught in the chainsaw.

“AAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY LEGS!!!!!!!!!” Muggshot screams as he loses both of his legs.

And just like that, the chainsaw stops working and Muggshot can no longer walk. But pretty soon, that power disappears and the raccoon thief is filled with more questions than answers. But as he tries figuring out how it happened, Sly turns towards an angry Muggshot, who tries crawling towards him. Snarling at the raccoon thief, the bulldog mob boss barks,

“I’M GONNA KILL YA!!!!!!!!! I’M GONNA KILL YA!!!!!!!! I’M GONNA KILL YA!!!!!!!!!” I’M GONNA-!!!!!!!”

“FREEZE!!!!!!!!!” Captain Tolstoy barks from the entrance.

Looking up, Sly notices and notices Sobaka Squad making their way into Muggshot’s throne room and they were pointing their rifles at the both of them. But upon recognizing, Captain Tolstoy raises his right arm up and barks, causing his men to lower their weapons. Undoing his gas mask and helmet, the muscular Ovcharka walks over to Sly and looks at him for a minute. Then he says,

“You are everything that Lieutenant Ramirez described. You are a true Cooper.” Captain Tolstoy says, looking at the powered-up Cooper.

"You know who my father is?" Sly asks with his curiosity now piqued."

Your father was a formidable threat when we first met on the battlefield. I was with the KGB at the time during the strong rule of the Soviet Union. During my time as a reckless private, I was told to guard a very important jewel that was in the form of a sapphire necklace that was worn by the former Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of the former Russian Empire by Commander Vasily. When I found him, we fought each other like Cossacks and during our skirmish, he gave me these scars on my face when I tried to strangle the life out of him. He was a tough bastard, that Connor Cooper.”

“My father would sometimes tell me that story whenever he was trying to steal jewelry. He would also mention fighting a really huge dog. Hard to believe it’s actually you.” Sly responds, looking at his scarred face.

“Da. My name is Captain Vladimir Tolstoy, at your service.” Captain Tolstoy answers with a playful salute. “But as it turned out, it was all a set-up by Commander Vasily. So coerced into working together, we fought our way into a conspiracy theory to overthrow President Gorbachev before we do away with the traitors to the Soviet Union. It was a mess, but your father got away with the necklace and I was promoted to Captain for overthrowing the traitorous Vasily. Then after the Soviet Union collapsed, I left Russia to find work in the United States. A treacherous tale, I assure you, Enot.” Captain Tolstoy explains.

BARK!!!!!!

Immediately, Sobaka Squad runs over to the entrance and stands at attention as Chief Jericho and Lieutenant Firestone enter Muggshot’s throne room. And as he walked past them, they all saluted the wolf. When he notices Sly from the distance, Chief Jericho says,

“At ease.”

Walking over to Sly with his bayonet-attached assault rifle with the Kodiak Bear by his side, Chief Jericho removes his sunglasses to get a good look at the raccoon thief. After confirming it with his own eyes, he says,

“When I received word that Clockwerk was chasing after a young raccoon on the rooftop, I didn’t want to believe it was you. But now it seems that you are here to finish what Connor started. I first met your father when I was in Vietnam. We were both marines at the time. But when we were on a mission in Hanoi, Connor stole from a vicious crime lord when the Vietcong were drawing closer to us. I had no idea why he was doing it since our mission was to clean up Hanoi back then. But he told me he would rather steal shiny objects than people’s lives. So after coming to a deliberation with my men, we decided to join in and claim our share of the wealth. We parted ways after making it back to the airport, but we kept in touch with each other sometimes.”

“My father would often tell me about his time in Vietnam when I was in Japan as a kid, but I never knew he did all that.” Sly responds in a shocked tone.

“There are a lot of things that he did and is ashamed of. But I can assure you that all he wanted was the jewelry. When we got back, me and my men got to work for the police department and we swore to weed out as much corruption as we could within the justice system. Or so we hoped.” Chief Jericho explains as he thinks about Inspector Barkely.

“But we’re here now. And I’m going to be taking back my family pages now.” Sly says in a determined voice.

“Indeed. Do you know where the pages are?” Chief Jericho asks, getting to business.

“Well, this is Muggshot’s throne room. So he has to have a safe somewhere.” Sly asks as he looks around the entire room.

Hearing this, Captain Jericho barks,

“Commence search, men! Leave no stone unturned! As for Muggshot… get him out of my sight.”

“HUH!? HEY!!!!!! WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME!?!?!? WHEN MZ RUBY FINDS YOU, SHE'S GONNA SHRINK YOUR HEAD INTO A PEA!!!!!!! I’LL KILL-!!!!!!” Muggshot barks in a rabid manner before a warning shot goes near his face.

Looking up, they notice Carmelita aiming her Glock directly at Muggshot from a distance with a smirk on her face.

“Quite the clean-up you did there, Ringtail~.” Carmelita says in a playful tone.

Chief Jericho and Sly exchange looks at each other as the vixen cop jumps down to embrace the latter. The rest of Sobaka Squad were pretty baffled, but unsurprised to see that Carmelita was slumming it with the raccoon thief. The Coopers were, after all, metaphorical lady-killers. But that was all brushed aside when Sly suddenly spots a hidden closet while Muggshot is being hauled away while he calls Carmelita a slew of different names. Ignoring him, Sly and Carmelita walk over and open the closet to reveal a safe. Crouching on his knees, the raccoon thief turns the dial a few times before opening it up to reveal a page of the legendary outlaw known as Tennessee “Kid” Cooper, who was famous for the rail walk and railslide. He was the best outlaw in the Old West and he was up there with Rioichi in terms of fighting ability.

“Oh, I can’t wait to try out this new move. Are you getting this, Bentley?” Sly asks over the earpiece.

“SLY!!!!!! YOU GOTTA GET MOVING!!!!!!!” Bentley screams over the earpiece.

“What!? Why!?” Sly asks, not understanding why he needed to leave.

. . .

Driving on the road, Murray was doing his best to keep up with Clockwerk and he was doing everything he could to try and outpace the mechanical owl. Watching from his seat, Bentley screams once more,

“CLOCKWERK IS ON HIS WAY TO MUGGSHOT’S PENTHOUSE AND HE IS FULLY INTENT ON KILLING YOU!!!!!!! NOW GRAB THE PAGES AND GET OUTTA THERE!!!!!!!”

. . .

Turning towards everyone with shocked expressions on their faces, Sly has a look of dread on his face as Clockwerk draws closer to him.

Notes:

Well, I hope all of you enjoyed watching Muggshot lose his legs. But don't count him out of the game yet. He will be making another appearance in Sly 3. But anyway, I thought that I would include another lore dump of my own version of Sly Cooper where Connor actually participated in the Vietnam War against his will by the United States government. He met Chief Jericho during his time as a marine and he met Captain Tolstoy during his time as a thief. It's a lot, but let's just say that Connor affected them in a way that made question their lives as tools of the law and coming to terms with the fact that they were bad men in the past. However, they could still make a difference and that's how they became sympathizers to the Cooper Gang. But I digress. There will be a rule for this "Super Saiyan" form I gave Sly and he can only activate it when he is tired of holding back. So don't expect to see it again until at least either Fire in the Sky or The Cold Heart of Hate. I may get to working on the next chapter, but I wanna try and work on The Green Devil. So we'll see. Anyway, I'll see you later.

Chapter 16: At the Dog Track

Summary:

Driving in the Cooper Van, Bentley and Murray were racing against Clockwerk in order to save Sly...

Racing through Mesa City, Bentley and Murray were chasing down Clockwerk as he tried making his way to Sly. They were right beneath him and he was ahead of them by a few meters. But as they were literally racing to save Sly, Bentley and Murray were suddenly ambushed by several gangster dogs in cars and they were wielding shotguns and submachine guns. Realizing that they were left with no other choice, Bentley shouts,

“Murray! I’m going to activate the main guns! Just keep driving!”

“But I thought we agreed that-!?” Murray asks before being interrupted.

“WE DON’T HAVE THE LUXURY OF BEING MERCIFUL RIGHT NOW, MURRAY!!!!!!! WE HAVE A ROBOTIC BIRD IN THE SKY AND SLY NEEDS US!!!!!!! NOW DRIVE!!!!!!” Bentley screams before coughing and getting his inhaler.

“GODDAMMIT!!!!!!” Murray curses before hitting the gas.

*VROOM!!!!!*

Cranking the after-burner, the hippo guns it ahead and starts getting close to Clockwerk. As they get near him, Bentley activates the gatling guns on the roof and starts firing at the mechanical owl through his computers.

*BBBBBBBBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

Immediately getting shot at from the ground, Clockwerk turns around and notices the Cooper Van chasing after him. Infuriated, the mechanical owl screams,

“NOTHING BUT MICE!!!!!!!”

Turning towards the direction of the Cooper Van, Clockwerk quickly descends from the sky and attempts to grab them. But Murray drives out of the way before hitting the side-boosters and hitting the mechanical owl.

“HOW’D YOU LIKE THAT, BIRD-BRAIN!?!?!?” Murray screams as he continues to drive.

Screaming from the impact as he hit a building by the side, Clockwerk grew more and more agitated as he picked himself back up to pursue the Cooper Van.

“I WILL HAVE YOU AS MY TROPHIES!!!!!!!!” Clockwerk screams as he activates the gatling guns on his back.

“OH YEAH!?!?!? YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN JUST TOUCH SLY AND DO AS YOU PLEASE WITH HIM JUST BECAUSE YOU’VE BEEN ALIVE FOR GOD-KNOWS-HOW-LONG!?!?!? WELL, I’VE GOT SOME BAD NEWS FOR YOU, BENT BEAK!!!!!!!! YOU’RE NOT UNTOUCHABLE AND WE’RE GONNA WRECK YOU FOR SCREWING WITH SLY!!!!!!!! COME ON!!!!!!!!!!” Murray screams before hitting the gas once more.

Moving up ahead, the hippo driver notices a ramp and drives on it, causing him to fly into the sky before landing on top of one of the buildings. Immediately, the genius turtle started shooting at the mechanical owl once more and he was making dents into him. And with every bullet that was being delivered to him, Clockwerk was starting to lose focus and he could only put all of his energy into trying to destroy the Cooper Van. But as Murray continues to drive, he suddenly notices the gangster dogs landing on the rooftops and chasing after them.

“GADZOOKS!!!!!!! HOW MANY OF YOU ARE THERE!?!?!?” Bentley asks as he focuses on shooting the cars.

Continuing to drive across the rooftop, Murray kept his focus on jumping the ramps in front of him without thinking about what Clockwerk would do next. So he kept his eyes on the road and jumped the first ramp. Landing on the next rooftop, Murray drove across the next rooftop as he noticed an entrance below him. Taking a leap of faith, the hippo driver leaps off a ramp and crashes into a building.

“HANG ON, BENTLEY!!!!!!! THIS IS GOING TO BE A BUMPY RIDE!!!!!!!” Murray screams as he proceeds to drive through a wall.

Making a rough landing, Murray drove through what appeared to be a casino and multiple civilians were running out of the way as he continued to drive through the building. And as they made a mess, some doberman dogs pull out their machine guns and start shooting at the Cooper Van. But Bentley retaliates and starts shooting back at them as Murray drived and whatever goon stood in their way, he would just run them over.

“HOW FAR AWAY ARE WE FROM SLY’S LOCATION, BENTLEY!?!?!?” Murray asks while continuing to drive.

“JUST TEN KILOMETERS AWAY, MURRAY!!!!!!! KEEP DRIVING!!!!!!!!” Bentley answers after going over the distance.

“WITH PLEASURE!!!!!!” Murray responds as he moves the gear shift.

Suddenly, Clockwerk starts shooting at them from outside the casino, killing multiple civilians in the process as he tries to murder Bentley and Murray, much to their horror.

“HEY, FEATHERHEAD!!!!!!! WHAT THE HELL IS THE MATTER WITH YOU!?!?!?” Murray asks, aghast of the casualties.

“THEY JUST WANTED TO ENJOY THEMSELVES, YOU MONSTER!!!!!!!! YOU ARE EVERYTHING THAT SLY SEES IN YOU!!!!!!!” Bentley screams as he aims the gatling guns at Clockwerk.

“A WORTHY SACRIFICE FOR MY MISSION TO BE RID OF THE ENTIRE COOPER CLAN!!!!!!” Clockwerk screams as he opens fire on the Cooper Van.

Hearing this, Bentley angrily starts shooting right back at Clockwerk inside the casino. Driving through the entire building as they fired at each other, Murray eventually makes it outside and looks up to see Clockwerk flying up above from them. Looking for a short-cut, the hippo driver finds an abandoned building and drives through it. Heading inside, he looks and finds a road that leads to the upper levels. Taking a chance, Murray proceeds to drive up and he makes his way to the rooftops once more while continuing to avoid Clockwerk’s attacks.

“PERSISTENT VERMIN!!!!!!!” Clockwerk curses as he fires his gatling guns at the Cooper Van.

Making his way across the rooftops, Murray uses ramp after ramp to jump onto the next building as Bentley continues to shoot down Clockwerk. But even with everything that’s being given to him, the mechanical owl just wouldn’t budge. Sly was right about him; he was a crime against nature and there was no changing the fact that Clockwerk was going down without a fight. Nevertheless, Bentley and Murray were continuing to slow him down with their gatling guns.

“MY GOD!!!!! WHAT’S IT GONNA TAKE TO BRING HIM DOWN!?!?!?” Murray asks as he notices that the mechanical owl is still flying.

“HE SHOULD BE SLOWING DOWN!!!!! JUST KEEP DRIVING AND I WILL KEEP FIRING ON CLOCKWERK!!!!!!” Bentley answers while directing their gatling gun fire at the mechanical owl.

“GOT IT!!!!!!!” Murray responds before gunning it.

Jumping across the next ramp, the hippo driver keeps his eyes on Clockwerk. However, more cars show up and try taking him out. But Murray was having none of it. So he proceeds to ram into them and throw them off the building. Murray would drive in different directions and he would throw them off with his knowledge of driving while Bentley would continue to shoot away at both Clockwerk and the gangster dogs.

“JUST SEVEN KILOMETERS AWAY, MURRAY!!!!!! KEEP GOING!!!!!!!” Bentley shouts while continuing to shoot.

“HANG ON, BENTLEY!!!!!!!! IT’S GONNA GET AWESOME!!!!!!!!” Murray responds as he spots another ramp ahead of him.

“WHAT!?!?!? YOU’RE NOT THINKING OF-!!!!!!” Bentley screams before being interrupted.

“THAT OWL IS NOT GETTING HIS TALONS ON SLY!!!!!!!!! FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS, KIDS!!!!!!!!!! DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!!!!!!!!!” Murray screams as he revs up the engine.

Hitting the nitro, Murray takes a mighty leap of faith and aims directly at Clockwerk while the gangster dogs join them in mid-air and crash in the process. Aiming the van directly at Clockwerk as he drives, Murray screams,

“BANZAI!!!!!!!!!”

Turning around, Clockwerk notices the Cooper Van approaching him in the air. But before the mechanical owl could react, Murray rams right into him and he begins to descend from the sky as his body starts to give out. After rushing right into the mechanical owl, the hippo driver lands on the rooftop and he continues to drive over to Sly’s location. As for Bentley, he was picking into a paper bag from flying in the air and he was getting sick.

“We did it, Bentley! We got Clockwerk off Sly’s tail!” Murray shouts as he continues to drive.

“BLEGH!!!!!!” Bentley shouts as he continues to puke.

“Don’t worry! We took care of Clockwerk for Sly and all we have to do is-!” Murray says before looking into the side mirror.

*HOOT!!!!!!*

A bone-chilling look of fear grows on Murray as Clockwerk flies back up into the air and he looks directly at the Cooper Van. Infuriated that he was bested by the Cooper Gang once again, the mechanical owl screeches,

“I WILL HAVE YOUR HEADS FOR THIS TRANSGRESSION!!!!!!”

Unleashing his talons, the mechanical owl prepares to descend as he gets ready to latch onto the Cooper Van. However, after finally getting it out of his system, Bentley got back to shooting directly at Clockwerk. And while it did help slow him down, Clockwerk was getting closer and closer to the van until-

*KA-BOOM!!!!!*

Suddenly, attack choppers appear and they all start shooting at Clockwerk. Turning around, the mechanical owl attempts to destroy them. But then Chief Jericho, Lieutenant Firestone, and Sobaka Squad show up and start shooting at him. Firing every single round at Clockwerk, they wouldn’t rest until he has either retreated or is irrefutably dead. Chief Jericho fired every shot from his assault rifle while Lieutenant Firestone unleashed every single shot from his minigun strapped to his large ammo backpack while Sobaka Squad laid every single bullet into the mechanical owl. Watching from inside the penthouse, Sly and Carmelita viewed the whole spectacle as Clockwerk was running on his last legs. But while that was happening, Sly was looking down at an old tobacco pipe that his father used to smoke before getting killed. He remembered Muggshot taking the tobacco pipe and smoking it in front of Connor before proceeding to beat him some more. The initials C.C. were carved into the pipe and it was slightly covered in blood.

“That pipe belonged to your father, didn’t it?” Carmelita asks, looking at the pipe in the raccoon thief’s hands.

Holding back his sobs, Sly would answer,

“This was his favorite pipe. I remember him telling me that he bought it back in Kentucky after pulling a heist with his old gang before telling me that this would be mine one day. I just… I just never imagined it would be given to me like this.”

Hearing this, Carmelita pulls him into a tight embrace as she tells him,

“You can cry into my chest if it helps.”

Immediately, Sly holds nothing back and he starts sobbing into Carnelita’s chest as she embraces him.

Outside of the penthouse, Clockwerk was being given serious damage from the Cooper Van, the attack choppers, and Sobaka Squad. Left with no other choice, the mechanical owl screeches and flies off with his feathers between his legs as the attack choppers give chase.

“THIS ISN'T THE END, COOPER!!!!!! I WILL DESTROY YOU AND YOUR PATHETIC FAMILY!!!!!!!!” Clockwerk screams while continuing to get shot at.

“He just doesn’t know when to give up, does he~?” Carmelita asks as she stays by the raccoon’s side.

“No… he doesn’t.” Sly answers as he hugs and gropes her big ass. “My God, you smell so good…” the raccoon thief mutters while trying to forget about the mechanical owl.

“Don’t worry~. That big scary bird isn’t here right now~. I know a way to make you feel better after we get the rest of your pages back~.” the vixen cop coos as she continues to hug him.

“Ahem!” Chief Jericho calls out as he clears his throat.

Sly and Carmelita immediately let go of each other and they face the large, muscular wolf and the huge, burly kodiak bear. Then Chief Jericho says,

“If you two love birds are finished with your little tryst, then I suggest that we get to finding your pages before Interpol arrives.”

“I have already received word that Winthrop and the other Interpol cops are on the way. We need to get the pages immediately if you wish to remain outside of a cell.” Lieutenant Firestone says in a serious tone.

“My men will stay behind and help you with returning your pages. I will do my best to hold off Interpol and the press as long as I can. Just get what you came for and get out of here. I can’t afford to lose face with the people of Mesa City.” Chief Jericho says in a serious tone as well.

Upon hearing this, Sly and Carmelita look over to see Sobaka Squad smiling at them while Bentley and Murray are busy recovering from the ride on the dog track. Looking back at Chief Jericho, the raccoon thief smiles and responds,

“I would be happy to.”

“Your father would’ve been proud of the man you have become if he were alive today. You are a true credit to the Cooper Clan, Sly. The best that there is.” Chief Jericho says in a warm tone.

Doing his best to fight back the tears, Sly responds,

“I miss them everyday. Not a day goes by that I wish that I could’ve done something back then.”

“Well, you are doing something now. And that is taking back what is yours. You are more than just a thief that everyone looks down upon. You are a warrior. And you will not stop until you get your heirlooms and pages back. Because you are the very thing that Clockwerk could never hope to be; the spirit of the Cooper Clan.” Lieutenant Firestone says, giving encouragement to the raccoon thief.

Choking back his sobs, Sly nods and he shakes both of their hands before taking his leave with Carmelita and Sobaka Squad. They immediately begin their search for the clue bottles before opening every safe that Sly neglected to collect since he was being chased by Clockwerk. The path was treacherous and filled with the remnants of Muggshot’s henchmen, but Sobaka Squad made short work of them and they helped out Sly and Carmelita get the rest of the clue bottle before getting the vaults open to steal back the pages.

And as he was exploring, he suddenly hears some mingling from outside the apartment doors that Liam and Jules lived in. Sneaking around the back, Sly takes a peek and notices that Liam and Jules were having sex with their beautiful, voluptuous teenage babysitters. At first, Sly was aghast what he just witnessed. But after a minute of taking it all in, he realized that he was living in the new age where nothing was as taboo as it seemed and he accepted it since he already lost his virginity to Carmelita. So deciding to keep the secret to himself, Sly slips away to continue searching for the pages. After three hours of searching, Sly was able to get back the remaining pages in Mesa City back.

“Finally done. Now what should I do next?” Sly wonders as he stuffs the last page into his red backpack.

“Why not share some drinks with us and swap stories, hermano? We could use some more entertainment after your little stunt with Clockwerk.” Lieutenant Ramirez suggests, causing the dogs to howl in agreement.

“Or we could share in a bit of cossack dancing with some alcohol, comrade? I wish to see how well-adjusted your legs are.” Captain Tolstoy suggests as well, causing them to groan since almost none of them were good at that type of dancing.

“Those sound like very fun ideas. But I’ve got something better in mind. Feel like making a detour, Carmelita?” Sly asks as he wraps his right arm around her waist.

“I was hoping you would ask, RIngtail~.” Carmelita answers in a flirtatious tone.

“Detour? What do you-?” Bentley asks before the raccoon thief takes the earpiece out along with his eye contacts.

“This next scene is for mature audiences only.” Sly says as he starts walking away while groping her big ass.

“No children allowed~.” Carmelita moans while feeling her ass get squeezed.

Leaving the baffled and somewhat amused Sobaka Squad behind, Sly and Carmelita make their way back to the Fire Hydrant where the Diamond Dogs awaited.

Notes:

Alright. So for that past couple days, I wanted this chapter to feel like something that Michael Bay would direct. And believe me, there was a lot of chaos that I wanted to create with this chapter. I wanted it to be dynamic, loud, and super wild. The part where Clockwerk is ambushed was just icing on the cake. But I digress. I'm going to be writing the Fire Hydrant Orgy chapter after I work on The Green Devil and I want it to be something that could show Sly getting the dog strippers pregnant or something. I mean, Sly is a ladies man, after all. And he is going to be encountering a lot of women that will want a piece of him, but Carmelita won't mind sharing him as long as she is his number one. That having been said, I will be working on Vicious Voodoo when I finish up the rest of the next chapter to The Green Devil this week, so get ready. I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see all of you later.

Chapter 17: Fire Hydrant Party

Summary:

Making their way back to the Fire Hydrant, Sly and Carmelita are greeted by Madam Valentine and the Diamond Dogs...

Entering the Fire Hydrant with Carmelita, Sly looks around and notices all the members of the Diamond Dogs were looking presentable to him with Madam Valentine sitting on what appeared to be a throne. Sitting down with her legs crossed and resting her arms in an elegant manner with Amira and Leila by her side and wearing only jewels on their arms, legs, and necks, Madam Valentine looked at Sly and she could tell that he was no longer the shy little boy that she first met in her strip club. Smirking as she looked at him, Madam Valentine says,

“Amira has told me that you took care of Muggshot~. How should we return the appreciation~?”

Smirking right back at her, Sly responds,

“I think I wanna use that VIP status you’ve given me. So what happens now that Muggshot is out of the picture?”

“Now that there is a power vacuum in Mesa City, me and the other gang leaders are going to be taking a vote on who will be in charge of managing crime activity now that Muggshot has no legs to stand on~. Yes, we heard the news~. Never in a million years would I believe that it would take a chainsaw to do Muggshot in~. You are full of surprises, Sly~. Full of surprises~.” Madam Valentine says as she rises out of her seat.

Walking towards Sly, she towered over him as she stood in front of him before saying,

“You know, I started this establishment because I had no family left and I was desperate for money and no man that I knew was willing to give it to me~. So we had to resort to shady means in order to get the revenue for the Fire Hydrant thanks to the help of Connor~. We were able to kill the men who owned this building and we established ourselves as one of the powerful gangs in this district of Mesa City~. We also started this place because we wanted to give the girls who were kicked out of their homes a second chance at life and to keep boys from wandering into a life of crime~. We couldn’t get him to sleep with us because he was married to Selena at the time~. So we will have to settle for you~. His cute son~.”

As amoral as her motives were, Sly firmly understood why she did the things that she did and he knew that there was no other recourse. For them, they were society’s rejects. The social pariahs that couldn’t get a job scrubbing toilets in the back of a fast-food restaurant. The criminal underworld was where people like him, his gang, and the Diamond Dogs truly thrived. And they were going to live in that world until the day they died.

“So… you ladies want some first-borns?” Sly asks in a devious tone.

“We’ve been waiting for you for a long time now~. When Connor told us that Selena was pregnant with you, we decided to hold out until you would show up one day~. And now, you’re here~. The Diamond Dogs wanna be Coopers, sweetie~. And we wanna make this event to remember~” Madam Valentine answers as Leila presses a button on a remote in her hand.

Suddenly, doors underneath the floor start to open and a huge bed lifts up. It was in the shape of a heart and it was red. Looking at that bed, Sly was intimidated by the size and there were fifty dog strippers gazing lustfully at the raccoon thief. They were all completely naked with a few chokers on them and some were wearing stockings. Some of them were in their early 20s and they ranged all the way up to their late 30s, but they were all in their birthday suits and ready to sleep with Sly. Just then, Madam Valentine picks up the raccoon thief and she asks,

“Are you gonna get us pregnant~?”

“Take me to bed, mommy.” Sly answers as he holds onto her before they kiss each other passionately.

Watching their leader kiss the raccoon thief, Carmelita and the Diamond Dogs panted in heat as Madam Valentine took Sly to bed before kissing him even more. After a few more minutes of kissing, Madam Valentine pulls him away and she proceeds to breastfeed Sly.

“Mmm~...” Sly moans as he sucks away at her tits.

“Oooh~... you’re just like a baby~. You must’ve cried so much when Connor separated you from Selena~. Don’t worry~. We’re here now~. And we’re going to make sure you enjoy yourself~.” Madam Valentine coos as she pets him.

As the female doberman pampered him, the raccoon thief was enjoying the taste of her breast milk. He could taste the bitterness of the tobacco, but he could also taste the flavor of strawberry inside her. It was a very great mix and Sly couldn’t help but feel addicted to the taste of it. And her huge jugs were the perfect shape for him to hold onto and drink like a child.

“Mmm~... mmm~!” Sly moans as he continues to drink.

Giggling, Madam Valentine pulls him away from her breasts.

“Aw, but I wanted more.” Sly whines after gulping down her milk.

“Don’t be so greedy~. I want to be pleased downstairs~. Don’t disappoint me now~.” Madam Valentine teases as she raises him down to her pussy.

Looking directly at it, Sly couldn’t believe how big it was compared to Carmelita’s. He could fit his snout inside if he wanted to. The raccoon thief didn’t notice himself slobbering as he looked and this amused the Diamond Dogs Leader as she looked at him. Then she says,

“Kiss my thighs~.”

Startled by this at first, Sly looks at both of her thighs and notices how thick and huge they were. If Madam Valentine wanted, she could crush a watermelon with her legs. Breathing intensely, Sly proceeds to kiss and lick her inner thighs and it made Madam Valentine giggle as he did so before making it to her pussy. Giving it a slight lick, the raccoon thief heard the Diamond Dogs leader moan from being licked. Looking up at her, he breathes heavily before burying his face into her pussy, causing her to moan erotically.

“Oooh~! Yes~! Deeper~!” Madam Valentine moaned as the raccoon thief gave her pleasure downstairs.

Pressing his tongue even deeper, Sly swirled and licked her insides as he grabbed onto her thighs and groped them. The female dogs watching them felt aroused as they started moaning and groping themselves as well as each other before engaging in sexual acts with each other. Carmelita looks at Amira and Leila and proceeds to have sex with them while Sly continues to have his way with Madam Valentine.

“Yes~! Yes~! Just like that~! Lick deeper~!” the Diamond Dogs leader moans while feeling herself about ready to squirt.

Grabbing her child-bearing hips as he licked even harder, Sly could feel the liquid flowing all over his muzzle as Madam Valentine got ready to squirt all over his face at any moment. And even though he was no longer a virgin, Sly wasn’t sure when she was about to squirt all over him, considering that he had only recently just started having sex and he is still not sure about the ins and outs of it. But that was all about to go out the window when Madam Valentine grabs ahold of his head and locks him into her cunt.

“I-I can’t hold back~! I’m about to cum~!” Madam Valentine pants as she starts wrapping her legs around his head.

Moving his tongue fiercely and intensely, Sly started to feel her love juices flow into his mouth and she held onto him as she orgasmed.

*SQUIRT~!!!!!*

“AAAHHHHH~!!!!!!!!!!!” Madam Valentine screams as she orgasms into his mouth.

Holding onto him, she made sure that he would drink every drop out of her until she had nothing left. After he drank his fill, Madam Valentine releases Sly from her grasp and she spreads her legs open before saying,

“Come on, little boy~. Make me a mother~.”

Chuckling at her statement, Sly undresses and grabs his cock before he responds,

“With pleasure.”

And just like that, Sly gets in closer and proceeds to insert his cock into Madam Valentine’s pussy while the others continue to watch. Taking deep breaths as he moves his hips in a missionary position, the raccoon thief looks at the Diamond Dogs leader and notices how incredibly beautiful she was. Even at her age, Madam Valentine still had a lot going on for her and she was incredibly ripe for being impregnated by him. And as he looked at her, Sly says,

“I’m gonna make you and the Diamond Dogs my wives.”

“You’ve already stolen us the moment you stepped into our strip club~. We would hold out for no one but you, Sly~.” Madam Valentine giggles as she slowly starts to feel it.

Moving his hips at an even pace, the raccoon thief started to move incredibly fast and he really started to go at it with the Diamond Dogs leader. Grabbing onto her waist, he slowly glides his hands over her slightly-chubby belly and gropes it. It was soft and he could almost glide her everywhere across.

“Your belly is so soft~!” Sly teases as he gropes and presses it.

“Don’t say such things about my belly~! I’m very sensitive about my shape, little boy~!” Madam Valentine says as she covers her face in shame.

“Then you’re not gonna like this~.” Sly responds as he starts sucking on her belly fat.

“Oh, you pervert~!” Madam Valentine moans as she feels his cock hit her uterus.

Licking and sucking away at her belly fat while moving his hips, Sly could feel himself going faster inside Madam Valentine and he was no longer holding back his sexual fantasies. Deciding to play a little joke, Sly blows a raspberry into Madam Valentine’s stomach as he fucked her and he had a laugh about it along with the other Diamond Dogs who heard it.

“That’s not funny~!” Madam Valentine moans as she pants harder.

“Oh, lighten up, Madam Valentine~. You haven’t seen me at my best yet~.” Sly responds as he starts sucking on her breasts once more.

Moving his hips at an incredible pace, Sly could begin to feel himself on the verge of cumming inside her and he was about to pour it all inside her honeypot. Panting and moving intensely, the raccoon thief feels his balls tingling and without holding anything back, he fires his first load into her.

*SPLURT~!!!!!!*

“AAAAWWWWWWWOOOOOO~!!!!!!!!!!!” Madam Valentine howls as she feels his sperm enter her womb.

After releasing as much sperm as he had and impregnating Madam Valentine, Sly pulls his cock out to take a breather. But that wouldn’t last long as Amira and Leila push the raccoon thief down on the bed as the latter says,

“It’s our turn, little boy~. Make us proud~.”

Immediately, Leila sits on his face while Amira inserts his cock into her pussy. They wasted no time in having sex with Sly and they would go on to kiss and fondle each other as they rode him like a beaten saddle. The raccoon thief would sniff the dog stripper’s ass and he would become hypnotized by the taste before sticking his tongue inside her anus.

“Ah~!” Amira yelps upon feeling her anus get penetrated by his tongue.

Swirling his tongue around and slurping her anal juices, Sly groped and rubbed her ass in his face as he had his fun with eating her out. Leila was moving her hips up and down as she rode him and Amira would suck on her breasts while Sly would continue to rim her like no tomorrow while Carmelita would tend to Madam Valentine in her own way.

“I-I’m coming close~! I’m ready to take his seed~!” Leila pants as she moves at a fast pace.

“I’m here, Leila~! We’re about to become Coopers now~!” Amira says while she feels his tongue continue swirling around her anus and drinking her ass sweat.

It wouldn’t take long for Sly to ejaculate inside Leila as well as he grabbed onto her legs.

*SPLURT~!!!!!*

“AAAAAAWWWWWWOOOOOOOOO~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Leila howls as he pours his seed into her womb.

After ejaculating inside her, Leila gets off Sly’s cock and takes a moment to rest while Amira takes the next turn. But this time, the raccoon thief took the lead and he bends her over doggy-style before sticking his cock inside her pussy and ramming his pelvis against her ass as he gropes her.

“Ah~! Ah~! Ah~! So rough~! So big~! You really are a Cooper~!” Amira pants as she feels him fuck her from behind.

“Oh, I’m more than a Cooper, baby~! I’m Sly Cooper~!” Sly boasts as he continues to fuck her hard.

Amira moaned and panted even harder upon hearing that and Sly would continue to fuck her before eventually ejaculating inside her as well.

*Splurt~!*

“AAAAAWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOO~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Amira howls as the raccoon thief releases his seed into her honeypot.

When Sly was finished up, he looked around and noticed how horny all the voluptuous dog strippers were and they were all eager to get a taste of him. Wasting no time, they all rushed in and they all proceeded to have sex with Sly. He would fuck them all in different positions, he would embrace and take each of them as his wife, and he would even go so far as to indulge in some of his perverted fantasies like drinking their drool, eating them all out as well as fucking their holes as well as getting squirted all over him. He would fuck all of them for nine whole hours and they would all be filled with his seed, both anal and vaginal, to which he saved Carmelita for last.

“Ha, ha, ha~! I’m about to let it out~!” Sly moans as he fucks the vixen cop.

“Do it~! I’m at my limit~!” Carmelita begs as she holds onto him.

*SPLURT~!!!!!!*

“AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH~~~~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Carmelita screams as the raccoon thief ejaculates into her.

After ejaculating into her for the final time, Sly collapses on the bed with Carmelita in his arms and he buries his face into her large breasts as he gropes and embraces her.

“You are all so beautiful to me…” Sly moans in a tired voice.

“I know~. But don’t forget, Ringtail~... you have to get your pages back~. And don’t forget that we will always be there for you whenever you are feeling alone~.” Carmelita coos as she pets him.

“She’s right, Sly~. We are your family now~. So you have to take responsibility and get your legacy back~. We will always be here for you~.” Madam Valentine says as she kisses his neck.

“Me too…” Sly says before getting his second wind and having more sex with them.

"AAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~~~~~~~~~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" the Diamond Dogs howl as they get ready to have more sex with the raccoon thief.

. . .

Meanwhile, as the Cooper Van was undergoing repairs, Bentley and Murray were eating cheeseburgers, french fries, and drinking soda inside a motel room while waiting for Sly.

“Do you think Sly will be back…?” Murray asks in a curious tone.

“Just keep eating, Murray. I would rather not think about what sick activities that Sly is doing with those jezebels.” Bentley answers as he continues to eat.

“Agreed.” Murray responds before going back to eating.

Notes:

Well, that's another chapter done and dusted. As we close off the Sunset Snake Eyes Arc, we are going to be transitioning over to the Vicious Voodoo Arc. And while there will obviously be a horror tone to it, I want to magnify it by over 100 and make it as scary as I can with ghouls and ghosts. There might be a hallucination or two, but there will be some projections of Sly's parents and it will be an arc of anger and sorrow. So there will be no Carmelita for this Arc. Also, the Cooper Gang will be at a tropical beach in the Bahamas. And Carmelita will be there. But after this story, I'm hoping to do a follow-up on the Resident Evil AU Story when I'm finished up. It will be a Jill x Leon story, so get ready for that. Plus, Ada will be there, so there's that. But I digress. Before I go, I got to see The Thunderbolts at Toho Cinemas. It was really good and you can watch the movie in English with Japanese subtitles. It was an awesome experience and I wanna go again at some point. Anyway, I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see you later.

Chapter 18: Tennessee "Kid" Cooper

Summary:

Making their way back to Paris, Sly meets another ancestor from the past...

One week later after sleeping with and pouring every last ounce of his semen into Carmelita and the Diamond Dogs, Sly was laying in bed and he was giving Madam Valentine a rimjob as he propped his head on the pillow. The raccoon had already lost his virginity to the vixen cop not too long ago, but after experiencing sex for the first time, Sly had to go back to the Fire Hydrant and have sex with the Diamond Dogs. And after sleeping with all of them for one solid week, Sly had lost the feeling in his legs and all he wanted to do was eat them out while recovering for the weekend.

“Mmm~. Will you ever come back and visit us when we’re in labor~?” Madam Valentine asks while feeling the raccoon thief’s tongue inside her anus.

Pulling his tongue away for a minute, Sly answers,

“Once I take care of the Fiendish Five and I get the money needed to pay for your medical bills, you can expect me to see my children within the year.”

“Glad to hear it~. Because when we recover, you can expect us to expand our operations once we settle this vote and we’re going to make sure our children have everything they need to become the Cooper that their father is~.” Madam Valentine responds in a playful tone.

“Just make sure not to do anything too drastic. Mesa City is in a power vacuum right now and everyone is gunning for the position of… well, you know.” Sly warns as he goes back to rubbing her ass in his face.

“I knew what you were gonna say~.” Madam Valentine teases as she shakes and rubs her ass in his face before sitting on top of it. “But you have to remember that we are criminals. And we will do whatever it takes to gain power for ourselves in the criminal underworld. Politicians everywhere do it all the time. No matter who gets in our way, we will control this city. And we will eventually control this country when we have the stones to get it. That is a promise.” Madam Valentine explains in a grim and intimidating tone.

Sly felt incredibly intimidated by what he just heard. Everything that he heard reminded him so much of his mother and how angry she would get if she ever found his father hitting on another woman without her knowledge. She would even go so far as to call Sly her only angel and would make sure that he got to get together with and marry a good woman someday. Though at this point, the raccoon thief had already gotten more than he bargained for.

“Will you also give me a child, Ringtail~?” Carmelita asks in a flirty tone.

Hearing this made the other Diamond Dogs turn their heads towards Sly and they all wonder what his answer is going to be. Sly was a bit stunned by her question, but after everything that had happened in the past week, the raccoon thief didn’t really seem to mind since he was going to be a father within the year.

“I mean… I’ve already knocked up everyone in the Fire Hydrant by now. So… um… I… wouldn’t-!” Sly says as he tries searching for an answer.

Suddenly, Carmelita and the Diamond Dogs were all laughing at Sly’s choice of words. The raccoon thief felt so dumbfounded upon seeing their reactions and all he could do was sulk as he turned his head away before the vixen cop turned his head back towards her and the rest of his wives.

“You are too cute~.” Carmelita teases before going back to kissing him as the rest of his wives surround him.

. . .

The weekend was finally over and Sly was more than ready to head back to Paris. As much as he loved sex now, he needed to give himself plenty of rest before he had to take on his next mission. However, Bentley and Murray weren’t with what Sly did and they were more than ready to give him a piece of their mind. So as Sly was standing outside the motel room, Bentley and Murray were standing with their arms crossed and they had gas-masks on them.

“What’s with the gas-masks…?” Sly asks in a confused tone.

“Follow us.” Bentley responds as he and the hippo getaway driver walk forward.

Shrugging his shoulders in response, Sly follows his childhood friends over to a back-alley with a fire hydrant and there appears to be a fire-hose attached to it. But as he followed them, the raccoon thief noticed some shampoo and conditioner in Murray’s hands and a blue towel and a pair of changing clothes along with a small bar of soap in Bentley’s arms. Standing near the fire hydrant, Murray picks up the fire-hose and Bentley says,

“Strip.”

“Uh… what?” Sly asks, not understanding the context of the order.

“If you are going to sleep inside the motel room, you are going to wash yourself of the stench those jezebels gave you. And you are gonna stay out here until we can’t smell you anymore.” Bentley explains as he walks over to give the raccoon thief the cleaning essentials.

“Hey! Watch what you call them! And another thing - can’t I just take a shower inside where I don’t have to deal with freezing water!?” Sly whines as he watches the genius turtle walk back to the hippo getaway driver.

“No. Your clothes are going to the laundromat after this! Now strip!” Bentley shouts, not having it with the raccoon.

Grunting in anger and annoyance, Sly proceeds to take his thieving clothes off inch by inch until he is in his birthday suit. After checking and making sure that the raccoon thief was fully nude for his wash, Bentley says,

“Get ready for the pressure!”

“Wha- AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!” Sly screams as he gets launched into the wall by the pressurized water from the fire hydrant.

Laughing as they watched him get thrown against the wall, Murray proceeded to guide the fire-hose as Sly proceeded to use the shampoo to wash his fur everywhere across his body before using the conditioner to prime up his fur as he’s getting washed. After using the bottles, Sly proceeded to use the soap to wash his genitals and ass.

“Make sure to get in between the crotch!” Murray laughs as he continues to wash the raccoon thief.

“And use up as much shampoo and conditioner as you can! We want you scent-free!” Bentley shouts, making sure that his best friend was extra clean.

After a whole thirty minutes of cleaning himself off, Murray shuts off the fire-hose and Bentley hands Sly the towel and he starts drying himself off frantically to avoid freezing to death. And when he was done, Sly put on the clothes that Bentley gave him and he put them on. His temporary attire consisted of a pair of gym shorts, a Hawaiian shirt, a white t-shirt with Rocket from Rocket: Robot on Wheels on it and a pair of flip-flops. Bentley and Murray were laughing at the way Sly looked and they were taking the piss out of his new appearance while he scowled with his arms crossed.

“Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! You look so stupid!” Murray laughs as he points at the raccoon thief.

“Stupid!? He looks like a dork!” Bentley agreed as he laughed and took jabs at his best friend.

Watching them laugh with his scowl, Sly responds in a glum voice,

“I’m going to get dinner.”

Hearing this, the both of them join after the raccoon thief and Murray wraps his left arm around Sly in a jovial manner as he says,

“Oh, we’re just trying to screw with you. You remember how we used to play around the fire hydrant when we would do more heists as kids.”

“Mrs. Puffin would always scold us for playing near the fire hydrant. She would always make us stand outside the hallway and have us carry buckets for a whole hour. It was torture.” Bentley laughs as he reminisces about their time in the Happy Camper’s Orphanage.

“And you would always have to sing those stupid multiplication tables songs from SchoolHouse Rock. God, those songs were so annoying.” Sly says, remembering the agonizing songs from that special.

“They’re good education, Sly. Besides, they helped you pass basic multiplication at the fifth-grade level. And they were super-catchy.” Bentley responds in a defensive tone.

“Bentley… I could barely keep up with what that rabbit was telling us about 7 x 7. Me and Sly would rather be outside than watch that weird education cartoon.” Murray says, voicing his disdain of their homeschool education.

“It was so simple, Murray! You were just making origami shapes while Sly was napping and I was paying attention!” Bentley says, trying to reason with him.

“And what exactly does that say about that stupid program you love so much…?” Sly asks with an eyebrow raised.

“Oh, what do any of you know…?” Bentley responds with a defeated sigh.

The both of them laugh as they make a quick detour to the laundromat before heading into what appeared to be an old Dive Bar that looked straight out of the 1950s and they chose to sit near the counter where the stools were and they took their orders. After taking their orders, they waited for their food to arrive. So they chatted with each other about what loot they could find in America and see if they could bring some things back with them when they eventually have to leave the Free World. They would love to bring some video games back with them along with the PlayStation 2. And they want to have fun on that console since the European Version was pretty limited right now.

Eventually, their orders arrived and they were all really hungry. Murray got the jumbo-sized cheeseburger with jalapenos and french fries and onion rings and a chocolate shake and a strawberry milkshake, Sly ordered a double-cheeseburger with french fries and a Coca Cola, and Bentley ordered a regular cheeseburger with a small order of fries. Murray and Sly took turns dunking on Bentley for his small meal of choice, but they were happy nevertheless and they got to eating before going to bed.

. . .

The rest of their stay in America revolved around them visiting Hollywood for a few weeks. Bentley and Murray got in some sightseeing at some very significant landmarks such as the Chinese Theater and the Hollywood Sign. Sly, on the other hand, stole some Hollywood Stars as well as stealing from Mel Gibson’s house and one of Donald Trump’s mansions in Malibu before selling them online and using the money to buy themselves a PS2 and some games as well as a GameCube and a few games to boot before returning to Paris. Getting back inside the Safehouse, everyone starts unpacking their things and they take this moment to relax. Sly puts his feet up on the recliner and says,

“That was a weird trip back to America.”

“That’s an understatement. You gave yourself away to the dogs.” Bentley responds as he sets his laptop down.

“Ugh, would you give it a rest?! I just lost my virginity not too long ago! Nothing bad is going to happen to me!” Sly responds in an annoyed tone.

“You know… I did some research and a lot of bad things can happen to you if you continue to have unprotected sex.” Bentley says as he pushes his glasses up.

“Other than having children…?” Sly asks with an eyebrow raised.

“There are STDs, Sly! STDs that are irreversible if you continue to go down the path you are heading! Anyway, I took a look at more of the notes, so I’m going to see if I can get your canes upgraded. You enjoy being you.” Bentley says as he grabs the canes off the counter.

“See you in a few.” Sly says before resting on the recliner.

That moment of reprieve wouldn’t last much since he started to hear a whistle coming into his ears. Annoyed by the whistle, Sly turn around and says in an angry tone,

“Murray…?”

Murray shrugs as if he has no idea what Sly was talking about. Suddenly, the whistling grows stronger and the raccoon thief walks outside to see where it’s coming from. Looking around the compound, Sly tries to find the source of the whistling before hearing a Southern-American accent whisper to him,

“It’s high noon, partner.”

Sharply turning around, Sly tried to find the person who said that to him. Just then, he notices a silhouette in the shape of a raccoon standing on a rooftop and like before, he was carrying a cane. But this time, it had the shape of a rifle and he seemed to be carrying two guns in his holsters. Whistling to Sly from the rooftop, the southern raccoon shouts,

“I’m up here, son! Try to keep up!”

That’s when he starts running away and it all suddenly kicks in for Sly. It was the ghost of Tennessee “Kid” Cooper! Ecstatic at meeting another one of his ancestors for the first time, the raccoon thief chases after the southern raccoon by climbing up the pipe and running across the rooftop to find him. Then he notices a bullet ricochet rapidly before hitting a large antenna line.

“Come on, little doggy! I’m dying to meet Connor’s boy!” the southern raccoon shouts in an enthusiastic tone.

Looking at the broken antenna that formed into a rail, Sly remembered reading about the ropewalk move in the Thievius Racoonus. Immediately, it all clicks for the raccoon thief and he takes a leap of faith before spinning around and landing on the pipe.

“YEE-HAW!!!!! NOW COME ON OVER HERE AND LET ME TALK TO YOU!!!!!!” the southern raccoon shouts in an enthusiastic tone.

Grinning, Sly walks across the rail and jumps over to the roof where the southern raccoon awaited him. There was no doubting it! It was Tennessee “Kid” Cooper! He wore a pair of spurs underneath his blue pants with his cowboy boots tucked in, he wore a nice clean orange long-sleeved shirt underneath his brown vest, a yellow bandanna was worn around his neck, he wore a bowler hat, and he had a cigarette in his mouth. Grinning at his performance, Tennessee says,

“Goddamn, Sly! You really knocked that bulldog for a loop! I mean, getting his own legs cut off by that grisly contraption back!? That’s one hell of a way to define irony, if I do say so myself!”

“You wouldn’t believe how much my father told me about you! He even-!” Sly says before being cut off.

“I know, I know, save the applause! Say… how would you feel about a little race between you and me? Whoever gets to the Eiffel Tower gets bragging rights in the afterlife! Also, there are a couple things that I need to tell you over there.” Tennessee says in a cheerful tone.

“Really? It’s not like anyone is here to listen in on us.” Sly says, not understanding why his southern ancestor wants to race him.

“Don’t sweat the details, son. It’s just a fun little game between us ancestors. Anyway, let me get started on the countdown. Go!” Tennessee shouts before running on ahead.

Immediately, Sly makes a break for the next rooftop and he jumps from pipe and rope to try and stay ahead of Tennessee. But then he notices him up ahead before being asked,

“Am I raising a Cooper or a tortoise!?”

Hearing this, Sly kicks it up a notch and runs as fast as he can. Then he notices a rail ahead and prepares to grind on it. And right next to him, Tennessee was grinding on the rails in a fun manner as he shouts,

“THIS SURE AS SHIT BEATS THE HELL OUTTA RACING A JACKALOPE WITH ITS LEGS CUT OFF!!!!!!!”

Leaping off the rail, Sly runs across multiple walls before making his way back up to the rooftops before making his way near the Eiffel Tower.

“IT AIN’T OVER YET, BOY!!!!!! CLIMB YOUR WAY UP!!!!!!!”

Quickly, Sly climbs his way up to the top level where Tennessee was waiting for him, After making his way up, the raccoon thief takes the moment to catch his breath while the southern raccoon walks over to say with a chuckle,

“Guess I’m the victor of this race.”

“Why…?” Sly asks as he catches his breath.

“Why what, son?” Tennessee responds, not catching his question.

“Why all of this…? You could’ve just told me what you needed to say!” Sly answers in an annoyed tone.

“Why, I needed to see what you’re all about, boy! I’ve seen how capable you are of taking down that goddamned owl, but I needed to really see if you were up to the task with this mission you’ve been given! And quite frankly, I am impressed! Especially for someone with a barely-working pelvis!” Tennessee answers with a hearty laugh.

Sly suddenly blushes from hearing that and he asks,

“You know… about…?”

“Oh, don’t sweat the small stuff. We’re men, aren’t we? Every gal that I’ve come across would always throw themselves at me whenever I entered the saloon. And let me tell you. HOO-WEE!!!!! Them saloon gals sure know how to move!” Tennessee laughs as he reminisces about his time in the Old West.

“I bet they did.” Sly responds in a fascinated tone.

But before they could continue to chat, Tennessee notices that his time is nearly up and he only has a couple minutes left. So he decided to make them count and he says,

“I’m glad that I got to meet you, Sly. We have all been waiting for a Cooper that is up to snuff with beating Clockwerk and we may have found our boy. Keep going, boy. You’re gonna show that bird who’s boss! And son…?” Tennessee says in an enthusiastic tone before switching to a serious tone.

“Yeah…?” Sly asks, wanting to know what he’s going to say next.

“Son… I’m happy that you’ve become a man and you now have wives and all… but if you keep going where you’re at right now… you’re gonna catch the French Disease. And there are plenty of sexual diseases that I don’t know the names of, so it goes without saying… be careful. Also, your mama and the rest of the women had something to say about you.” Tennessee says as he scratches the back of his head in a nervous manner.

“What did mom say…?” Sly asks, wanting to know what she said.

“Oh, where to begin… well… she started off by screaming her head off before calling you every curse word in the book. I think she mentioned about castrating you before grounding you. Whatever the last part meant. As for your pa… he was disappointed in you. But he was somewhat pleased that you became a man and that you were saving our family from extinction. Also, Rioichi was unimpressed with what you did with Carmelita and those Diamond Dogs back at that Fire Hydrant place. He said that you were an embarrassment to our family name, but he felt the same way as your pa. Salim and the rest of the boys are still laughing about it.” Tennessee answers with a nervous chuckle.

Hearing this made Sly recoil in embarrassment upon hearing that and he had no idea what to say about that. Then Tennessee says,

“Anyway… I gotta go now. I got the rest of my money on you, son! Give Clockwerk Hell!”

“Wait! Tennessee!! I-!” Sly shouts as he tries talking to the southern raccoon.

But it was too late. Tennessee disappeared into the aether and Sly was by himself once again. Taking out his father’s pipe, he decides to look at it for a few minutes. Connor always enjoyed smoking it and he would often get berated by Selena whenever he was caught smoking around Sly. Deciding to give it a shot upon spotting some matches, Sly says to himself,

“Why not…?”

Grabbing a match, the raccoon thief flicks it with his boot before placing it into the pipe itself before smoking it. But upon sucking in the tobacco smoke, Sly starts coughing and takes the pipe out of his mouth before putting it out and asking,

“How was dad able to tolerate this shit!?”

After a few minutes of admiring the view from the Eiffel Tower, Sly makes his way back to the Safehouse where he finds multiple packages in front of the door. He takes them inside and presses his right ear to check for bombs. Luckily, nothing was ticking, so he takes the items out of the box and notices that they were items belonging to the Fiendish Five, which was Raleigh's Hat and Muggshot’s Chicago Typewriters. And inside the boxes contained two notes from Carmelita. They read,

“Hat’s off, stud~.”

“Keep gunning for those pages, Ringtail~.”

After looking at them, Sly notices a pin-up of Carmelita wearing only her jacket, holsters, and combat boots. And there were several other photos of the Diamond Dogs inside them. They must’ve taken pictures of themselves before shipping them off to the Safehouse. So after securing the pin-up photos, Sly lays the equipment aside before taking a shower, brushing his teeth, and going to bed.

Notes:

This is probably the longest chapter I've written in a while. So in the next chapter, we will be making our way over to the Vicious Voodoo Arc and I want this arc to be horrifying. I want it to be traumatizing for Sly and I want him to feel as if all hope is lost. And I want Mz. Ruby to be even nastier than her game counterpart. Like, I want her to be super evil and I want her to conjure up hallucinations where Sly can no longer tell what is real and what isn't real. Plus, Clockwerk will be there. Just like always. And Carmelita won't be making it until the beach episode. So get ready. Btw, tell what upgrades do you think I should do for Sly's cane next. Let me know in the comment section down below. I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see you later.

Chapter 19: Double-Bladed Canes

Summary:

One week later after recovering from his tryst with the Diamond Dogs, Sly gets ready for the next briefing...

One week later after recovering, Sly and Murray were seated once again for Bentley’s slideshow. The raccoon thief had spent his time icing and rehabilitating his pelvis after sleeping with Carmelita and the Diamond Dogs, but he was fully rested and ready for action once again. As for Murray, he spent most of his time watching wrestling and boxing as well as lumberjack shows and he was just enjoying himself as he ate. As for Bentley, he was getting his notes and pictures in order and he had just finished upgrading Sly’s canes earlier than expected. There were also a ton of shipments coming in from an anonymous source and the genius turtle had been busy for most of the week.

“Alright, boys! Now that we’ve taken a full week to prepare and recover for the next mission, get ready for the most ghoulish mission of your lives.” Bentley announces in a grim tone.

“Yeah, I remember Muggshot mentioning something about Mz. Ruby and how she’ll ruin my day or something like that. I think I can handle a little vicious voodoo.” Sly responds in a confident tone.

“I hope so. Because Mz. Ruby has more than a huge bundle of black magic to deal with you.” Bentley says before clicking to the next slide.

When the genius turtle moves to the next slide, Sly and Murray recoil in horror upon seeing what appeared to be a group of zombies being raised from the dead by a group of rat cultists via the sacrifice of an otter tourist.

“WHOA!!!!!! What the hell is that!?” Sly asks, aghast of what he just witnessed.

“A ritual. Mz. Ruby is trying to conjure up an army of the dead, so that she can overtake Haiti and the rest of the Americas for fearing and ostracizing her as a child.” Bentley says before clicking to the next slide to show a young Mz. Ruby sitting with a zombified nutria and weasel. “As you can see, Mz. Ruby is the daughter of Voodoo mystics and priests before she turned to a life of crime. She would use the undead to rob banks for her and she would always extort her enemies for fearing her as a child. Clockwerk was impressed with her skills, so he recruited her into the Fiendish Five.” Bentley further explains before clicking to the Haitian Jungle.

Suddenly, Sly remembered back when he was robbed and his parents were killed, he saw Mz. Ruby reanimated their skinned corpses and started messing with them while Raleigh laughed and both Muggshot and the Panda King looked away in disgust. They were moving around in an uncanny manner and Sly was deeply traumatized by the way that they looked since that day. And he was more than happy to pay Mz. Ruby back for what she did to their corpses.

“When do we leave?” Sly asks in tranquil fury.

“After we watch and videotape your demonstration of your newly-upgraded canes. You can combine and turn them into a full-blown staff now. And not only that, but you can also convert them into swords now. So you can turn them into a double-bladed staff! Also, you can extend the staff up to ten meters, so you can use it like a pole!” Bentley answers as he gives the canes to the raccoon thief.

Taking a look at the canes, they were looking a lot more chrome and they looked so sharp that they looked as if anyone touched them, they could lose a finger or worse. Deciding to take them outside for a test drive once again, Sly heads outside and Bentley and Murray follow suit with their camera recorder. As the raccoon thief head towards the center of the field and the hippo getaway driver sets up the camera, the genius turtle explains,

“When we were busy recovering, I had received some deliveries from an anonymous source. They were de-programmed drones from Clockwerk’s arsenal and I have been cracking through his algorithm to shut off their programming, so that they can be used as practice dummies. However, they are a very rare commodity, so please do your best not to damage them, Sly.”

“I’ll do my best. I’m looking forward to trying out these new upgrades.” Sly responds as he gets ready to stand with his feet apart

Immediately, Murray turns the camera on and starts recording, Sly pulls his canes out and slowly raises them up before getting into a fighting stance. Thrusting out his right cane, the raccoon thief delivers a flying kick into the air before landing on the ground and performing a sweeping kick. Jumping into the air, Sly turns his canes into kusarigama before swinging them at the targets around him. After landing, the raccoon thief proceeds to spin them around and swing them before doing a jump over the chain mixed in with a butterfly kick.

“WHOA-HOA!!!!!” Bentley and Murray cheer.

After landing, Sly detaches the chains and combines the canes together, forging them into a double-bladed, glaive-like staff as the C-shape folds together to create two giant blades on each end. Bentley wasn’t kidding! The blades looked so sharp that they looked as if they could cut through a tank or something! Noticing how cool it looked, Sly took the moment to demonstrate his newly-upgraded weapon and he proceeded to spin it around like a bo staff. And as he moved around and switched stances, Sly spun the bo staff faster before jumping into the air and slamming it down into the wood beside him.

“COOL!!!!!!” Bentley and Murray exclaim in unison.

That’s when the genius turtle decides to activate the drones and they all get ready for a combat trial. As they all surround the raccoon thief, he simply smirks and gestures for the drones to come and get him. Immediately, they all start charging at Sly in an attempt to pin him down. But he sees right through their strategy and jumps into the air before cutting up the first one with his glaive. Then he moves to the second one and the drone, surprisingly, performs a spinning kick and tries to hit Sly.

“Whoa!” the raccoon thief exclaims as he slides underneath the flying drone.

Getting underneath it, Sly stabs it from behind before slamming it into the ground. The raccoon thief would prepare to spin around his double-bladed glaive and slice through more of the drones before stabbing one behind him without turning his head and charging towards more of the drones before vaulting over them and cutting through them before detaching the staff and turning them into swords.

“WHOA!!!!!!” Bentley and Murray exclaim in unison once more.

Slashing through them, Sly moved as swiftly as a ninja and he sliced right through them before combining his swords and digging his double-bladed glaive into the drone before slicing it in half. Sticking the glaive into the ground, Sly hits a switch and the pole goes up ten meters before leaping down and slicing the last drone in half as he lands on the ground.

“Just like Son Goku…” Sly mutters to himself as he catches his breath.

And just like that, Murray stops taping the video and Bentley hits a switch, causing the broken pieces to crawl back to their bodies.

“What in the-!?” Sly asks as he watches the drones pull themselves back together.

“I did some research in Clockwerk’s technology and it all apparently runs on nanomachines. This was the reason why they never broke apart and they would come back stronger than ever before. Which will give me plenty of opportunities to work on our technology here and develop it for our next heists.” Bentley answers as he goes into the explanation. “And by the way, I plan on making our own private museum and arcade shed when this is all over.” Bentley further says in an excited tone.

“As always, you’ve outdone yourself, Bentley. But next time, try and show a little restraint on the robots. They were getting a bit too aggressive on me.” Sly compliments as he disconnects and sheathes his canes.

“You need practice, Sly. We’re about to head over to Haiti pretty soon, so I suggest you get ready for our little Bayou Boogie.” Bentley says as he gets ready for the preparations.

“Right. Anyway, we better get ready. And after this, we’re relaxing in Nassau.” Sly responds in an excited tone before proceeding to get ready.

But as Sly was making his way to the safehouse, he turned around and noticed that his friends were standing outside with their arms crossed and glaring at him.

“What?” Sly asks, not understanding why they were suddenly angry.

“We will go to Nassau on the condition that you don’t mess around with any of the women over there! Do you know how much you smelled back at Mesa City!? It was like trying to clear out a toilet in a gas station!” Bentley shouts in a serious tone.

“Hey! I will not tolerate any of you comparing my wives to a gas station toilet!” Sly shouts, offended by that remark.

“Sly, you smelled like perfume and semen when you got out of that strip club. Your breath came close to knocking out Murray when you got close to him!” Bentley responds, recalling that horrible stench when they regrouped.

“Yeah! I barely keep myself clean and I don’t smell like a brothel! We know that you like those women, but wouldn’t have killed you to have a little restraint!?” Murray agreed while going over what happened back at Mesa City.

“Guys, we’re going to Haiti, not Las Vegas! God… just because I’m in a relationship with 50 women doesn’t mean that I’ve gone straight. Ugh… you guys need to lighten up.” Sly responds before heading inside the safehouse.

Watching Sly head inside the safe, Bentley and Murray look at each other dejectedly before heading inside to pack. They hardly said a word as they made more and more preparations for the big trip to Haiti and they were running low on time. So after getting everything ready and packed up, they proceeded to zero in on Haiti. Getting onto a roll-on/roll-off ship, Sly gets to reading more about the alligator that made corpse puppets out of his parents. And as he continued to read, he started to think back about his time in Japan.

. . .

Sitting in a living room and watching Samurai Pizza Cats on TV with some of his cousins, Sly was laughing and crying with joy as he watched and he was bouncing in a female tanuki’s lap. As he watched, the female tanuki asks,

“How are you liking Japan, Sly?”

Looking up at her, Sly answers,

“I love it, Yuki! I love it a lot more here than America!”

Yuki laughs as she hears his answer and she responds,

“There is so much to do around here. Especially in Tokyo. Specifically, Akihabara and Ikebukuro.”

“You can do a lot over there. You can call out for anything you like - ramen, sushi, kaarage, rice… pizza!” Ayato says in an excited manner as he looks at the young raccoon.

Sly’s eyes widened with joy upon hearing that and he wanted to leave Kyoto and explore Tokyo right now.

“I wanna go to Tokyo! When can we go!?” Sly asks in an excited tone.

Laughing at his question, Yuki answers,

“We would take you with us, but we promised Connor and Master Musashi that we wouldn’t leave this temple without permission. And if we leave, we have to clean out the toilets. Ugh… the sumo wrestlers that visit on occasion always back up the toilets.”

“Sorry, Sly.” Ayato says in a sheepish tone.

“Aww…” Sly moans in a sad tone.

“But we can take you after your training is completed.” Yuki responds as she playfully pinches his cheeks.

“Ouch! Why do you always have to pinch my cheeks!?” Sly whines as she pinches them.

“Because you are just so adorable~!” Yuki answers as she continues to tease him while Ayato switches to Dragon Ball.

. . .

Sly smiles as he watches the ocean on the boat after thinking back to the most fun time that he had back in Kyoto with his two tanuki cousins. He deeply missed them. In fact, Sly hadn’t heard from them ever since leaving Japan with his father and the most that he remembered was driving away with him before noticing a large bird in the pale moonlight. A bird that he would bitterly remember as Clockwerk.

“Are you still thinking about your time in Japan?” Bentley asks out of nowhere.

Turning around, Sly struggles to regain his composure before calming down and answering,

“I still dream of going back to Japan one day. I remember it all clear as day.”

“Clockwerk happened, didn't it?” the genius turtle asks, having already put the puzzle together.

“One early morning when it was finally time for rehearsal with the three-section staff and the kusarigama, my father suddenly pulled me out of bed. It was supposed to be breakfast around that time. We would always eat rice and unagi. But when he pulled me out of bed, I asked where we were going and he just answered that we were suddenly going home. I was very sad that we were leaving Japan, but what I didn’t know was that he was trying to save my life from Clockwerk at the time.” Sly answers in a melancholic tone.

“Do you think that your family is still over there in Japan?” Murray asks, having overheard the conversation as he walked over them.

“I dunno, Murray. But considering Clockwerk… it may already be too late.” Sly answers as he turns his head back to the sea.

It took them a week and a half, but they finally made it to Haiti. Driving through the humid weather, they make their way into the Haitian Jungle where Sly jumps out and gets ready to head through the swamp.

“If you happen to see any ghosts, let me know.” Bentley says in a skittish manner.

“Bentley… there are gonna be ghosts everywhere. So suck it up and get ready to remind me of any clue bottles that are around.” Sly responds in a stern manner.

“Fine. But if I see anything that looks like a doll, I’m having Murray drive us out of here.” Bentley responds in a scared tone.

Rolling his eyes, Sly closes the doors to the Cooper Van and gets ready to make his way over to Mz. Ruby’s lair. But off in the distance, Clockwerk was watching him from a large tree.

Notes:

Okay, so we're finally here on Vicious Voodoo. And right here is where we get to the emotional core of Sly's character. There won't be any Carmelita and there won't be any moments of relief for our beloved raccoon. He is going to be facing inner turmoil and he is going to be dealing with a lot of Scarecrow-like hallucinations as he goes through the Haitian Jungle. It's going to be a very dark Arc, so I suggest all of you buckle up for this bumpy ride I'm about to give you. I remember Mz. Ruby's boss fight, so I might need some help here. Should I stick to the rhythm game she made us play or make it into a stealth-like fight where Mz. Ruby is stalking Sly and attempts to eat him like Killer Croc in the Arkham games? We shall see. I will also be do a deeper dive into Sly's past and he will be learning a whole lot about himself as he gets ready to take out Mz. Ruby. Also, be on the lookout for Clockwerk. But I digress. I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see all of you later.

Chapter 20: The Haitian Jungle

Summary:

Entering the Haitian Jungle, Sly discovers that there was more to it beyond just Clockwerk...

Moving through the humid weather of the swamp, Sly was trekking all over to get to Mz. Ruby’s hideout. Everywhere he went, the Haitian Jungle was covered in mold and moss and the raccoon thief was doing everything he could to avoid touching anything out of fear of getting infected. All of that reminded him of the time his father took him camping and they left, feeling miserable and tired. He even remembered his mother’s smug face she gave his father before she took the young raccoon in to take a bath.

“When this is over, I’m taking a much-needed bath.” Sly says as he looks at all the muck surrounding him.

Moving through the woods, the raccoon thief did his best to fight off any mosquitos that crossed his path and he made sure to steer clear of the swamp. He had no idea what was down there, but he could see bubbles in the water and that just prompted him to get a move before whatever was down there could catch him.

“So how goes your little hike in the jungle?” Bentley asks through the earpiece.

“Well, it’s pretty humid, for starters. There are mosquitos everywhere and I think that I saw a hand sticking out of the swamp. Mesa City is a utopia compared to this dump.” Sly answers as he moves the moss aside with his canes.

“Well, you’re still pretty far away from Mz. Ruby’s hideout. I think it should take you a few hours before you finally make it over to her.” Bentley responds as he watches through the advanced eye contacts.

“Alright. I think I’m something off in the distance. I will have to get a little closer, but I think I see something with teeth on it.” Sly says, looking off to the distance.

“It doesn’t look alive either. Get a closer look at it and we’ll gather a plan together.” Bentley instructs as he zooms in through the computer.

Immediately, Sly runs forward and jumps onto some branches before running on them. Jumping on one branch after the other, the raccoon thief got on top of a tree and noticed what appeared to be a large crocodilian skull on top of a huge base and it looked otherworldly.

“That has to be where Mz. Ruby is hiding.” Sly says, perplexed by the huge skull.

“That skull raises a lot of questions. What could’ve happened back a millennia ago to make such a huge beast? I’m marking this as found in prehistoric museums all over the world when this job is over. Get a picture!” Bentley responds, fascinated by the possibilities.

“Focus, Bentley! How far do I have to get to reach Mz. Ruby?” Sly asks as he snaps the genius turtle out of his fascination.

“Fine, but could you take a picture, please? For posterity?” Bentley asks, wanting to show documented proof to the greatest intellectual minds of the world.

Rolling his eyes, Sly takes a picture through his binocucom and the picture prints right back up in the van. Hearing Bentley tear the picture out of the fax printer, he says,

“Marvelous! This will shut those nerds up at the science groups that I attend.” Bentley shouts with a victorious laugh.

“Look who’s calling the pot kettle black.” Sly responds in a deadpan tone.

“Just get to the skull! We’re running on borrowed time here!” Bentley shouts, trying to change the subject.

Rolling his eyes, Sly jumps from the tree branch by branch before making it to solid ground. But suddenly, he heard metallic fluttering in the sky. Immediately, the raccoon thief hides underneath the base of an uprooted tree and slightly peeks his head out of the sky to check for any sign of Clockwerk. And to his horror, the mechanical owl was flying in the sky with lights on his eyes. Controlling his breathing, Sly looks out and notices that Clockwerk is flying towards the Crocodilian Skull for some reason and he hadn’t noticed him yet.

“He’s gone. Thank God…” Sly thought as he stepped out of the tree.

But before the raccoon thief could start walking, the mechanical owl suddenly appears and tries shooting at him with his miniguns.

“I NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF A TARGET!!!!!!” Clockwerk screams as he starts shooting at the raccoon thief.

“Me and my stupid fucking mouth!” Sly curses in his head before jumping into the swamp out of desperation.

The raccoon thief was able to avoid the mechanical owl’s gunfire, but falling into the marshes, Sly had a hard time holding his breath. But as he was underwater, he noticed a huge swath of decayed corpses in the water and they were so rotted that they could barely pass for animals anymore and they were just lying in the marsh bed of the swamp. Some had their flesh clinging to them with their eyeballs staring directly at Sly and there were plenty of others that were incredibly maimed beyond recognition and the rest were missing their body parts. Breathing immensely, Sly swims and paddles his way back up to the surface as he crawls back up and vomits up the snacks that he had before leaving the Cooper Van.

*RETCH!!!!!!* *BARF!!!!!!!* *BLECH!!!!!!!!!*

Puking his guts out, Sly couldn’t shake what he saw out of his mind. He killed Raleigh before and it never really bothered him when he took apart and cooked him for dinner. But what the raccoon thief saw were actual, decaying corpses in the marsh. He had no idea how many people were trapped and killed in the Haitian Jungle, but he knew that Mz. Ruby was responsible for all the death that had occurred in her abode. And he was going to make extra sure that she paid for her crimes. But as he was hacking up whatever bile he had left, Sly heard Bentley shouting,

“Sly! Sly! Are you okay!?”

After puking, Sly proceeded to cough and he felt himself breathing shallowly as he tried recovering from his vomiting session.

“Easy breaths. Easy breaths.” Bentley says as he tries calming his best friend down.

Hearing the genius turtle repeat that mantra to him a couple times as he started catching his breath, the raccoon thief finally calmed down and started to breathe normally. But as Sly was recovering from his vomiting session, he suddenly heard dead moans from underneath the marsh. Sly’s blood froze as he noticed a hand pop out of the marsh and one of the corpses - a dead weasel crawls out and starts crawling towards him. Breathing rapidly as he crawls away, Sly kicks the zombie away before turning around, only to notice more zombies were crawling out of the marsh.

After a moment of processing what was happening, Sly proceeds to make a run for it as the zombies gain mobility and they start to chase after him. Running as fast as he could, the raccoon thief could notice the zombies running after him and they were all eager to eat his flesh from his body.

“SHIT!!!!!! SHIT!!!!!!! SHIT!!!!!!!! SHIT!!!!!!! SHIT!!!!!!!!!” Sly curses as he continues to be pursued by the zombies.

Climbing all the way up to the trees, Sly waited to see if any of the zombies could climb up to him. Luckily, the zombies were rotting beyond repair and all they could do was reach their arms out for the raccoon thief. Looking down at them, Sly had calmed down and noticed that the zombies were harmless and could be easily killed with his canes. Deciding to put his double-bladed canes to work, Sly puts them together and proceeds to jump down before dispatching them.

*SLASH!!!!!* *SLICE!!!!!!*

Sly cut through the zombies like a farmer in a rice field and he was doing away with them at a quick succession rate. And pretty soon, all he would have to deal with were mosquitos and any potential alligators that would wanna eat him alive. However, Sly started to feel his head throb as he looked around and all he could notice were the woods coming alive and he was starting to see the zombies around him come back to life. And pretty soon, the trees started to come alive along with a few Chthuhlu-looking monsters that looked like something out of the Lovecraftian books that Connor used to enjoy reading when he was still alive. Every single color around the swamp started to become blue and red everywhere and it was really unnerving for Sly. But suddenly, Clockwerk lands on the ground and approaches Sly.

“How does it feel to live in fear, Sly? Comforting? Intriguing? Scared…?” Clockwerk asks as he corners the scared raccoon thief.

Sly looks closer and he notices that Clockwerk is bleeding from the inside out. Organs were falling out of his body, his eyes and mouth were leaking out with blood and pus, but inside his mouth was even worse. Sly looked inside and noticed his dead parents were inside his mouth and they were hanging by the edge of his throat. Clockwerk inched closer and closer to Sly as the latter was struck with fear and the former was about ready to make the killing blow on the raccoon thief. But suddenly, Sly’s Cooper Sense kicked in and he knocked Clockwerk back with his canes before running off.

“GAH!!!!!! COOPER!!!!!!!” Clockwerk screams before taking flight once again.

Sly ran as fast as he could to evade Clockwerk and the zombies and he was taking no chances with any of the surroundings. Everywhere he looked, everything was alive and coming after him. It was like one of those nightmares that Sly had when his parents were killed and maimed that night when he was about to inherit the Thievius Raccoonus. And he felt as if he were revisiting that same night. He ran as far away as he could from Clockwerk and the zombies, but the raccoon thief just couldn’t stop. And right now, he wishes that he were back in bed with Carmelita and the Diamond Dogs back in Mesa City. But just then, Sly notices an old, rundown cabin to his right. Taking a moment to stop, the raccoon thief’s curiosity got the better of him and he decided to take a look. Entering through the unlocked door, Sly realizes that he was back in his old home and his mom and dad were waiting for him.

“Hey, son! Where were you? Your mom was looking all over for you. We had just made breakfast.” Connor greeted as he walked over to put his hand on his son’s shoulder.

“Dad?” Sly asks in a confused tone.

Connor chuckles as he looks at his son and Selena comes back in a huff.

“Sly, what did I tell you about watering my flowers again!? You’re supposed to pour the water evenly, not all at once! Ugh… I’ll show you how to water flowers again after we finish eating.” Selena says in a blunt tone before sitting down.

The raccoon thief had no idea what was going on, but he was finally home and his parents were alive and well for some reason. And now, breakfast was made and Sly was ready to eat. But as Sly was about to sit down, Bentley was shouting,

“SLY!!!!! SLY!!!!!! SNAP OUT OF IT!!!!!!! YOU’RE IN A RUNDOWN CABIN!!!!!! GET MOVING!!!!!!! CLOCKWERK IS GETTING CLOSER!!!!!!!”

Sly was mesmerized. One moment, he was running from his life. And now here he was, back in his old home back in Paris. The raccoon thief felt like he just entered an episode of The Twilight Zone he used to watch whenever his parents would go to bed. He was completely unsure if it was all a dream, but he was happy to see his parents again after losing them ten years ago. Doing his best to hold back his tears, Sly asks,

“How are you this morning, dad?”

“Dandy, son. Just dandy as dandy can be. Did you sleep well?” Connor asks as he smokes his pipe.

“Yeah. I had this really terrible nightmare where you and mom got killed and maimed by Clockwerk. It was really terrifying. You wouldn’t have liked what you saw.” Sly chuckles as he takes a seat at the table.

“You’ve got quite the imagination, son. I’m gonna have to tell your mother to make sure those horror movies are locked and secured the next time you try to sneak out of bed.” Connor says as he laughs.

“Right…” Sly chuckles once more as he takes off his hat.

As Sly took in the atmosphere, he looked around and noticed how normal the kitchen looked before it was destroyed by the Fiendish Five. It was like the attack had never happened and it was business as usual. However, the raccoon thief started to notice that something was off about the kitchen. And as he looked around, he started to notice cockroaches and lice come out of the cupboards, drawers, pots, pans, and the refrigerator. It was like a horror movie come to life as Connor starts to decay before being told,

“Shouldn’t you be taking care of those birds near our garden?”

*CRASH!!!!!!*

Suddenly, Clockwerk comes barraging through the destroyed cabin and wrecks whatever was left of it. Jumping out of his seat, Sly makes a run for it once more and the mechanical owl gives chase as he tries to kill the raccoon thief.

“DEAD OR ALIVE, I WILL CATCH YOU!!!!!!” Clockwerk screams as he tries getting near the raccoon thief.

Making his way over to the trees, Sly jumps and vaults through the vines and banks before getting into an area where Clockwerk was too tight to squeeze through. But not taking any chances, Sly ran as far away as he could to get away from Clockwerk and he never looked back to see if he got away from him. No. Giving Clockwerk a pronoun was too kind a word to describe him. That mechanical owl was an it. A demon. A monster. A mechanized abomination sent from the bowels of Hell to kill him and his kind until they were extinct. And Sly remembered it all plain as the day when Clockwerk attacked his home.

“HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA!!!!!!!!! RUN, COOPER!!!!!!!!! RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Clockwerk cackles before taking flight once again.

Finding a nearby treebase to hide underneath, Sly gets under it and tries to recollect himself as he tries calming down from the sheer panic he felt when Clockwerk ambushed him and his happier moments with his family with shallow breaths.

Notes:

Alright. So we started off the Vicious Voodoo Arc with a bang. As you can already, Sly has suffered from something hallucinogenic the moment he jumped into the marshes of the swamp. That will play a part later on when Sly gets to Mz. Ruby's Skull Temple and fights her. There will be a whole lot of Scarecrow Hallucinations going forward and Sly will slowly start to lose his mind as he continues forward into the Haitian Jungle. It's gonna be a major doozy going forward and Sly is going to be wondering whether or not he is even still alive at this point. He will be dealing with the horrors of the Haitian Jungle himself this time and he is going to be learning a whole lot more about himself as he presses forward. It's gonna get insane, so get ready. I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see all of you later.

Chapter 21: Bayou Boogie

Summary:

Doing everything he can to escape Clockwerk, Sly starts thinking of some ideas...

Hiding underneath the base of the tree as he tries to regain her nerves, Sly had no idea what he just saw. First, he was running from Clockwerk and the zombies that had gotten out of the marsh. Then he finds himself having breakfast with his supposedly-deceased parents. And now he is hiding underneath a tree as he tries to evade Clockwerk, who is flying in the sky and waiting to kill him. The raccoon thief had no idea what was in that marsh, but he was shivering and he was afraid of what he would see next.

“How are you, Sly? Are you okay?” Bentley asks as he monitors his heart.

Sly was taking easy breaths as he looked around the entire marsh to check any zombies that were surrounding him and he didn't know where Clockwerk was. Clutching his hat close to his chest, the raccoon thief did his best to get his nerves together before responding back to Bentley.

“Y-Yeah. I’m fine, Bentley. Just a little shook up is all.” Sly answers as he inhales before exhaling.

“Whatever you saw in that cabin, it must’ve really bothered you. Do you wanna talk to us about it?” Bentley asks, trying to reach out to his best friend.

At first, Sly thought about opening up to his best friends and telling them what he saw and how he felt when he got to re-experience feeling whole again. It was like he woke up from a horrifying nightmare and is back in his old home again. But now here he was… back in reality. And now he had to contend with Clockwerk again. Taking a deep breath, Sly peeks his head out from underneath the tree base. The mechanical owl was nowhere in sight. And Sly was several kilometers away from the Alligator Skull.

“I just need to focus on taking out Mz. Ruby and getting the Thievius Raccoonus back. After this, we’ll eat as much as we want in Nassau.” Sly answers, doing his best to keep his nerves in check.

“Alright. But if anything does happen, we’re pulling the plug on this operation.” Bentley responds in a serious tone.

“Fine. I’ll be in touch.” Sly says before signing off.

Taking a stifled breath, the raccoon thief creeps his head out of the tree base for any sign of Clockwerk or any of the zombies that may have followed after him. After looking around for a minute or so, Sly breathed a collective sigh of relief for the time being and proceeded to press forward on his way to Mz. Ruby.

“Wherever Clockwerk is, he brings nothing but death and misery to those who cross his path. I have no idea how he is able to keep track of me, but I do know that he is going to be coming after me again pretty soon. Man… I don’t know how it can get any worse at this point.” Sly thought as he continued to walk through the marshes.

Suddenly, some moaning and groaning rises out of the marshes as zombies start to surround the raccoon thief. Exhaling before letting out a deep breath as he facepalms, Sly says to himself,

“Guess I spoke too soon…”

Looking around as the zombies surrounded him, Sly starts cracking his limbs as he takes out his canes and gets ready for a fight while the whole environment starts to change and shift around him while the zombies turn into dead shells of his ancestors. Taking a deep breath as he spins his canes around to loosen up his joints, Sly says,

“Here we go.”

Running towards the first zombie, Sly bashes its skull in with his right cane and it falls down. Moving to the next one, the raccoon thief proceeds to bash and kick the zombies as they try approaching him and he is fighting back with style. However, the marsh started to catch on fire and more zombies started coming out. Already knowing that he couldn’t just stick around forever, Sly jumps on one of their heads and proceeds to run and jump across the zombies in his way as he tries to escape.

“I’m gonna make a coat out of that alligator when I get to her!” Sly shouts as he continues to jump across the zombies.

But as he continued to move, Sly suddenly noticed Clockwerk flying above him and he was dead set on killing him just like before and he was even more determined to do it right this time.

“I HAVE CAUGHT AND CATCHED YOUR ANCESTORS FOR A MILLENIA!!!!!! THERE IS NO ESCAPE FROM ME, SLY!!!!!! ONLY A DELAY TO YOUR INEVITABLE DEATH!!!!!!!” Clockwerk screams as he descends from the sky.

Keeping his breathing under control and his eyes forward, the raccoon thief jumps out of the way and avoids the mechanical owl’s talons as he scoops up a group of zombies before dropping them.

“DAMMIT!!!!!!!” Clockwerk curses upon missing the raccoon thief.

Noticing a few living trees, Sly decided to take his chances and run across them while avoiding their grasp to evade Clockwerk in his desperate escape. Moving across the branches one by one, the raccoon thief was doing everything within his power to avoid getting caught by the mechanical owl and he would do anything to avoid getting killed. But pretty soon, Sly started to hear the sound of trees being uprooted by Clockwerk.

“CATCH!!!!!!” Clockwerk screams before throwing some dead trees at the raccoon thief.

Turning around, Sly notices the dead trees being flung at him and he immediately jumps to the next tree in order to avoid getting hit by them. Jumping from branch to branch once more, the raccoon thief was doing his best to avoid the trees being flung at him and the mechanical owl wasn’t too far behind him as he started to chase him once more.

“COOPER!!!!!!! YOU WILL EVENTUALLY BE CAUGHT BY ME!!!!!!!” Clockwerk screams as he descends to try and catch the raccoon thief once more.

“Not if I can help it…” Sly mutters before jumping down from the trees.

Getting to the bottom ground, the raccoon thief evades the mechanical owl’s talons as he tries to grab him. Clockwerk gets his talons stuck in some trees while Sly manages to run as far away as he could. However, that didn’t stop the mechanical owl from lifting the trees off the ground and flying towards the raccoon thief before swinging directly at him. Running through the jungle as he avoided the swinging trees, Sly made it through another gap where he encountered another group of zombies in his way.

“Not this time!” Sly shouts as he smashes right through them.

Running and zig-zagging through to avoid getting grabbed and bitten by the zombies, Sly was making good time as he made his way through the swamp. However, the raccoon thief knew that Clockwerk wasn’t too far behind him, so he needed to figure out an idea to drive the mechanical owl away from him. And just as he was looking around for something to help him get Clockwerk off his back, he suddenly noticed the reeds move underwater.

“Whatever’s in that marsh, it has to be strong enough to hold off Clockwerk! I just have to draw it near Clockwerk, so that it can hold him down! Better hope that it doesn’t catch me first, whatever is underneath this marsh!” Sly thought as he continued to watch the reeds move underwater.

Moving towards the reeds, the raccoon thief notices a large skull in front of him. Running towards it, a huge serpent bursts out of the large skull and proceeds to chase after him. Keeping a strong lead ahead, Sly made sure to avoid getting caught in its maw unless he wanted to be eaten alive by it.

“COOPER!!!!!!” Clockwerk screams as he descends from the sky.

Suddenly, the serpent launches itself directly at the mechanical owl before slamming him down to the ground and attempting to eat him.

“DAMN YOU, COOPER!!!!!! YOU SHALL PAY DEARLY FOR THIS AMBUSH!!!!!!” Clockwerk screams as the serpent starts wrapping its tail around him and starts chewing away at his body.

“We’ll settle this later!” Sly shouts before running off.

Now that Clockwerk has been taken care of for the time being, Sly presses forward through the swamp and he suddenly finds himself near Mz. Ruby’s lair. It was a ghastly sight for the raccoon thief. There were corpses being shuffled everywhere, there were Voodoo priests everywhere chanting prayers and offerings in the use of sacrifices, and there were also a lot of tree monsters that had the look of Cthulhu on them.

“Oh, my God…” Sly mutters as he looks at this awful sight.

So many of the rat followers were dragging roped and chained-up sacrifices to be killed in the name of Mz. Ruby and they were all praying as they danced and chanted for their souls to make it into the afterlife. But as Sly looked around, he suddenly noticed the alligator skull move by itself up above him. Gasping in horror, the raccoon thief had no idea if it was a hallucination or if it was very real by itself. Suddenly, he started having flashes of himself back in his old house and he was a young boy again while watching TV with his father. It was a stormy morning and breakfast was being prepared.

“What do you think, Sly? Should I head over and swipe that sapphire from that oversized pig in the Italian suit?” Connor asks in the raccoon thief’s head.

“Yeah! I think he needs to be brought down a peg!” Sly as a young boy answers inside his head.

What were these voices doing inside Sly’s head!? Did it all have to do with that marsh that he jumped into!? It was all coming back to the raccoon thief as he fully started to remember that stormy night.

“Alright. Let's eat before-!” Connor says before suddenly hearing a knock on the door. “Huh? Who is that?” Connor asks upon hearing someone knock at the door.

“Ugh, it must be the mailman again. I’ll-!” Selena says in an annoyed tone before looking through the peephole. “Oh, my God…” Selena gasps as she slowly backs away from the door.

“What’s the matter, honey?” Connor asks as he takes his son off his lap to check on her.

Running towards her family, Selena shouts,

“Connor, take Sly and-!”

*BANG!!!!!!*

“MOMMY!!!!!!!” Sly shouts upon noticing her get shot through the abdomen.

Suddenly, the door breaks down and in comes the Fiendish Five.

"Mmm! I'm smelling pancakes over here!" Muggshot shouts as he walks through the entryway.

Chuckling darkly as he slowly walked through the hallway, Clockwerk asks,

“You thought you could evade me, could you…?”

Taking him into the closet, Connor closes the door by an inch before whispering to Sly,

“Don’t make a sound. Once this is all over, I’ll come and get you. Alright?”

Sly desperately nods to Connor before the latter runs over to confront the Fiendish Five.

“You just made the biggest mistake of your life, you stupid bird.” Connor growls as he faces them.

“Hmph. It doesn’t take a little bribery and a few death threats to figure out where you went off to, raccoon. All that we had to do was come and look for you.” Clockwerk responds as he walks towards the Cooper Patriarch.

“Oh, do pardon me. But the mistress has such a lovely coat on her. I just have to take it for myself and add to my lovely collection of pelts.” Raleigh says as he licks her cheek in a sadistic manner with his knife near her throat.

“Take your slimy fingers off my WIFE!!!!!!!” Connor screams before charging directly at the slimy frog.

Using his cane, Connor knocks Raleigh off Selena before hitting Muggshot with his cane. After that, he follows up with a kick to Mz. Ruby’s face before setting his sights on Clockwerk. But he was suddenly ambushed by a giant, burly, and muscular Panda that easily dwarfed him in size and he was being held to a wall by him.

“Panda King…” Connor growls as he’s being held by the Giant Panda.

“I am sorry… old friend.” Panda King responds in a regretful voice.

From there, Panda King proceeds to slam and break Connor everywhere across his entire body and toss him everywhere before Muggshot moves him out of the way before saying,

“Outta the way, big man! I want a turn!”

*PUNCH!!!!!* THWACK!!!!!!* *SLAM!!!!!!!* *BASH!!!!!!* *SMASH!!!!!!!* *KICK!!!!!!!!*

“Don’t worry, sugar~. I got the cure for your little predicament~.” Mz. Ruby says before proceeding to bite into the Patriarch Cooper.

“Not too hard, Mz. Ruby. I want their coats to be in prime condition before we do away with them. Their screaming makes everything sound exquisite.” Raleigh says in a sadistic tone.

“You’re getting what you’re getting, Raleigh!” Mz. Ruby shouts as she slowly tortures the Patriarch Cooper

*STAB!!!!!!*

“Ouch!” Mz. Ruby yelps upon being stabbed in the tail with a kitchen knife. “You trash panda bitch!” the Voodoo Alligator shouts before grabbing and biting into her.

“GAH!!!!!!! NONE OF YOU WILL GET AWAY WITH THIS!!!!!!!” Selena shouts before getting stabbed in the stomach by the mechanical owl.

“Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh. We already have, Selena. Now tell me… where is your son?” Clockwerk asks in a sadistic tone.

Watching from the closet, a young Sly inched further back into the closet as he prayed to whatever God that existed that he wouldn’t be found.Flashing straight back into reality as an early adult barely of age, Sly was in a fetal position and was crying as he held onto his canes.

Notes:

Finally finished this chapter. It will probably take me 2-3 chapters to finish the Vicious Voodoo Arc before we make our way to the Fire in the Sky Arc. This right here is kind of like a character study for Sly. While he may look calm and cool on the surface, he is a scared little boy who is begging to be loved on the inside. And with everyone refusing to help him due to being a child of criminals, all he had to rely on were his two best friends as they steal from worse criminal while doing everything they can to fight for their right to exist. And because they live under an old, diseased, corrupt system, all that they have is each other and they will fight back with all they have. But I digress. In the next chapter, I will be showing Mz. Ruby and I will also be showing more of what happened to Sly on the night of the incident and how it shaped him into who he is today. So stay tuned for next time. Anyway, I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see all of you later.

Chapter 22: Hallucinations

Summary:

Watching from her Skull Temple, Mz. Ruby was dancing before receiving a call from Clockwerk...

Moving her hips as she danced to the beat and singing to the words, a large female alligator wearing a was dancing to the song of Michael Jackson’s Thriller as she, her henchmen, and her chickens moved to the beat of his dance routine. Moving to the movement of a zombie, she clapped into the air before sliding to the left and right sides in rhythmic fashion before raising her arms up and turning to different sides and doing the same thing vice versa. She was having the time of her life as she danced and she didn’t want the song to end. However, all of that comes to an end when the music suddenly stops and Clockwerk appears on the TV monitor.

“Huh!? Who’s this!?” the large female alligator shouts, angry that the song was interrupted.

Suddenly, Clockwerk shows up on her TV Monitor and is half-damaged from fighting and killing the serpent with his own talons as he shows a hologram of himself and the decapitated body by his side.

“Well, well, well, if it ain’t the tinfoil bird himself~. What’s so important that you had to shower your excrement all over my party~?” the large female alligator asks in a passive-aggressive and condescending tone.

“You of all people should know the answer to that… Mz. Ruby.” Clockwerk answers while undergoing repairs to his circuitry.

“Oh, please~. I can already sense that raccoon a mile away~. I’m gonna make a pelt outta his body, a toast rack from his rib cage, a hat hanger from his leg bones, a coat hanger from his arm bones, a lovely stew from his bladder, some fried yumminess from his body parts… I’ve been hungry from just eating fried chicken around here~.” Mz. Ruby responds as she fantasizes about dismembering the raccoon thief.

“Are your men doubled and posted?” Clockwerk asks, wanting to know the progress of her activities.

“Fit as a fiddle, baby~. My men are posted everywhere across the compound and security is as tight as a casket~. You’ve got nothing to worry about~. Though judging by the way you’re talking to me, I get the feeling that I should be worried~.” Mz. Ruby answers before pointing out his tone of voice.

“Sly is on his way. If he has gotten past your zombies, then you should be worried.” Clockwerk responds while feeling his circuits crackle.

“Don’t you worry, big bird~. If Sly had dove into my swamp, which is filled with hallucinogenics coupled with my voodoo magic, then he would be stuck in memory city where we made trophies outta that raccoon brat’s parents~. God… I can still remember the taste of that blood in Connor’s veins~. It tasted like heaven~.” Mz. Ruby says while reminiscing over the deaths of Connor and Selena.

“Report back to me when you have killed Sly Cooper. I have received major damage to my circuitry, so I have to go back to base and make repairs. Keep me posted.” Clockwerk responds before signing off.

After watching the monitor turn off, Mz. Ruby taps into her mystical powers before seeing an image of Sly hiding in a corner and crying. Looking at the skinned corpses of Connor and Selena hanging on her wall, she felt very nostalgic about the time that she helped Raleigh out with skinning the Cooper Parents before working her voodoo magic on them to make them look like puppets tangled in string. Laughing as she watched the raccoon thief cry in the corner, the large voodoo alligator says,

“Heh-heh-heh~. I’m gonna make that trash panda wish that he and his pathetic ancestors never existed~. So get ready to relive your worst nightmares~... Sly Cooper~.”

. . .

Shaking as he recalls the memories of his childhood, Sly felt tears running down his eyes while thinking about the time his parents were slain in front of him. He remembered very clearly as he peeked right through the closet and he watched Raleigh and Mz. Ruby skin both of his parents alive and they took great pleasure in doing so while Muggshot and the Panda King looked away in disgust. Back in his old house, Mz. Ruby says,

“You know, I’m thinking about making a hat outta your kit~. Can you tell me where your boy is, you two~?”

“GO FUCK YOURSELF, REPTILE!!!!!!! IF YOU SO MUCH AS YANK A FUR OFF SLY, I’LL MAKE A BIKER JACKET OUTTA YOU!!!!!!!” Selena screams in a defiant tone.

“Oh, such poor manners, Mrs. Cooper. In my world, women would often take care to watch their tongues in the presence of royalty.” Raleigh says as he opens her mouth and places the tip of his knife on her tongue. “So know… your… PLACE!!!!!!!” the aristocratic frog screams before stabbing her tongue into her lower jaw.

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Selena screams as she feels the stinging pain of her tongue and lower jaw.

“SELENA!!!!! GET YOUR SLIMY FINGERS OFF MY WIFE, YOU TOAD!!!!!!!” Connor screams before getting stomped on and stabbed in the shoulder by Clockwerk. “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” the Cooper Patriarch screams as the mechanical owl puts pressure on his body while his legs get broken by Muggshot.

“I will ask again, Connor - where is Sly Cooper? Your son has to be around somewhere. And he has to be watching from someplace. A closet, perhaps…?” Clockwerk asks in a sadistic tone.

Instead of answering, Connor spits blood in Clockwerk’s face and this just results in the mechanical owl using his back-talon stabbing him in the stomach. This resulted in the Patriarchal Cooper screaming in agony and poor young Sly could do nothing but helplessly watch as his parents got tortured in cold blood by the Fiendish Five. He covered his mouth in horror as he watched and terror started dawning over Sly as he continued to watch his parents go through agonizing pain. Suddenly, Clockwerk turns his head towards the closet the young raccoon thief was hiding in.

“I think I found my answer…” Clockwerk responds in a sadistic tone as he steps off the Cooper Patriarch.

Walking towards the closet with metal clanking into the floor, Clockwerk slowly makes his way towards the closet. Sly quietly backed away out of fear that he would be caught and killed right in front of his parents. Covering his mouth, the young raccoon kit made sure not to make a sound and he watched as Clockwerk stood in front of the closet door.

*SNAP!!!!!!*

Breaking the wooden closet door open, Clockwerk heads in and stares a paralyzed Sly down with his dead, yellow, mechanical eyes.

“Boo.” Clockwerk says in a flat, mechanical tone.

Using his talons, Clockwerk ensnares a screaming Sly as he forces him to watch his parents get tortured in front of him.

“He was hiding in the closet. He’s an adorable little rascal.” Clockwerk taunts as he forces the young kit to watch the action front-row.

“Hey, boy~. Have you ever watched how an animal gets skinned alive~? Well, sugar - me and Raleigh have the perfect lesson to teach you about thieves who take what don’t belong to them.” Mz. Ruby says as she holds down his mother.

“Sly! Sweetie! Mommy wants you to be a big boy right now! Close your eyes and count in- AAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Selena screams as the slimy aristocratic frog starts digging into her fur with his knife.

“Sly! Close your eyes! Don’t look at what they’re showing you! Be brave for-! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Connor screams as Raleigh digs his second knife into his body while sadistically watching.

“Be afraid.” Clockwerk says in a foreboding tone.

From there, the mechanical owl proceeds to make Sly watch his parents get slowly skinned alive by Raleigh and Mz. Ruby right before his eyes, ending his childhood in the process. And by the time they were finished with skinning both Connor and Selena alive as they died a slow, pathetic death, Sly’s life in his eyes had hollowed out. Just then, Raleigh notices a pictured frame of Sly, Connor, and Selena together and grabs it before showing it to the poor, young kit as the slimy aristocratic frog says in a sadistic voice,

“Look at this~! I found mommy and daddy~!”

*SMASH!!!!!*

All of them, with the exception of the Panda King who looks away in shame, laugh as Raleigh destroys the framed photo and steps on the photo before spitting on it in front of a catatonic Sly. But then he notices a safe, to which Clockwerk uses his strength and rips it open to find the Thievius Raccoonus inside it and Raleigh grabs it.

“This is the treasure we were supposed to find!? It looks like some stupid picture that Ma would read to me as a kid!” Muggshot asks, underwhelmed by its appearance.

“Do not judge a book by its cover, Muggshot. It is said that every great Cooper left their mark in this journal and passed it on to their progeny. It is a great honor to lay eyes upon it.” the Panda King says as he bows to it.

“IT IS AN ABOMINATION TO ALL LIVING THIEVES, PANDA KING!!!!!!” Clockwerk screams, causing the giant panda to stop bowing and growl at the mechanical owl. “We are here to teach the Coopers a lesson about right and wrong, stealing what isn’t theirs, and reaping the rewards of those who earned it.” the mechanical owl says before approaching the catatonic Sly.

Standing in front of the young raccoon kit, Clockwerk holds up the Thievius Raccoonus and says,

“This is what happens to those who take what doesn’t belong to them, child. Take this lesson to heart.”

From there, the Fiendish Five proceeded to tear out the pages of the Thievius Raccoonus while the catatonic and traumatized Sly Cooper watched in despair as they tore the pages out in front of his very eyes. And as they did so, Mz. Ruby turns towards the traumatized young kit with a sadistic smile before asking,

“Wanna see a magic trick, cutie-pie~?”

From there, Mz. Ruby activates some voodoo magic and proceeds to prop up his parents’ skinned corpses before making them stand up like dolls. Watching them move around like skeletal marionettes, Sly could neither talk or scream as he watched them move in front of him. Mz. Ruby moved their hands down and petted Sly all over his face with their bloodied hands before pulling them away and saying,

“Don’t worry, sugar~! Mommy and Daddy are in good hands~!” Mz. Ruby says as pulls the corpses back to her side.

As they were laughing, Muggshot notices sirens and shouts,

“Hey, boss! The boys in blue are on their way! What do we do with the boy!?”

“We have gotten what we came for. We can allow him to live for the time being. Without this piece of trash, Sly Cooper can do nothing!” Clockwerk cackles as he prepares to take his leave.

The rest of the Fiendish Five, with the exception of the Panda King who turns his head away in shame, escape through the back door with the corpses joining after them and carrying their fur as they leave Sly on his knees as he looks at the blood in front of them while tears start to pour out of his eyes.

. . .

Back in the present, Sly was laying down in a fetal position and he was crying as he relived the very moment he lost everything. He remembered everything from the skinning to the corpses all the way to the Thievius Raccoonus being torn apart and that ghastly puppet show Mz. Ruby displayed to him as a child. It was all too much for him to remember and it just broke.

“Sly…? Are you okay…?” Bentley asks, trying to be gentle with his best friend.

Try his best to keep it together, Sly, through broken sobs, says,

“I… I saw them…”

“What did you see…?” Murray asks, overhearing the conversation.

“Th… That stormy morning…me and my family were getting ready for breakfast. Then… Then they…” Sly answers as his voice starts to break. “Then they…” the raccoon thief before being gently interrupted by the genius turtle.

“We know, Sly. We know.” Bentley responds in a calm manner.

“You were hurt… weren’t you, Sly?” Murray asks, empathizing with his best friend as well.

“They took everything from me! I saw them get skinned right in front of me and there was nothing I could do! I don’t know what was in that swamp, but I’m seeing all these painful memories coming back to me! And they’re hurting me!” Sly whisper-shouts as he’s trying to keep it together.

“We know, Sly. But you’ve gotta hold it together! You’re so close to getting the pages back and-!” Bentley says before the raccoon thief suddenly hears a voice inside his head.

“Long time no see, Sly Cooper~! I see you’ve grown into your daddy’s britches~!” Mz. Ruby shouts out of nowhere.

Sly’s blood freezes upon hearing her voice. It took the raccoon thief a few minutes to check around his hiding spot before realizing that she was a projection of her voice inside his head due to the chemicals that were dumped into the swamp. No longer feeling sad and sorrowful, cold, uncaring wrath starts replacing these emotions and he calmly, yet angrily, asks,

“Where are you?”

“Why, I’m inside my skull temple above you, of course~! That’s right~! I know you’re here~! You better run, boy~! Because when you get up here, I’m gonna sign you up for an eternity of solid servitude~!” Mz. Ruby taunts inside his head as the hallucinations start to kick back in.

This time, everything turns ultraviolet as the skulls start coming alive, the henchmen turn into zombified hallucinations, and the body connected to the skull temple comes alive. Growling at the skull temple above him, Sly responds,

“I’ll be right up… reptile bitch.”

Immediately, Sly jumps out of his hiding spot and proceeds to attack everyone, hallucination or not, on sight.

Notes:

Hey, everyone. I'm sorry for not writing this sooner, but I have been developing a lot of negativity during Japanese Language School. Everything goes by so fucking fast, I barely have time to write down what was instructed, I can barely understand most of the homework I'm given (I can read it, but still!), and I can barely keep pace with what my teachers say most of the time, leaving me with no choice but to wing it! I love Japan and I have big plans on living there at some point, but school is just making me incredibly angry! And as some people say, school ain't shit! That having been said, expect a blood bath to happen with Sly as he starts taking down Mz. Ruby's forces in full succession while dealing with a huge hallucination of an alligator body above him. It's gonna be a big battle, so get ready! Anyway, I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see all of you later.

Chapter 23: Zombie Mania

Summary:

Fueled by rage after remembering what happened to him that night, Sly goes on a massacre and proceeds to kill all of Mz. Ruby's henchmen as he tries to reach her...

Leaping in the air, Sly turns his canes into katanas before cutting through the hallucination. As the zombified rat falls to the ground, the raccoon thief turns around and notices them charging towards him upon being started. Looking at the hallucinations barraging towards him, Sly screams,

“COME AND GET SOME!!!!!!!”

Immediately, Sly charges right back and slices right through them with minimal effort. Noticing a few more guards with machetes charging straight towards him, the raccoon thief glares at them before slicing through most of them.

*SLASH!!!!!* *SLICE!!!!!!* *CUT!!!!!!*

Dashing right through them, Sly was making quick work out of the zombified hallucinations and he was moving as quick as a hedgehog. More zombified hallucinations of the rats come running at the raccoon thief and he just jumps over them before running on top of their heads. The zombified hallucinations of the rats jump towards the raccoon thief, but he cuts right through them like pieces of bread.

“COME ON!!!!!!! DO YOU WANT SOME MORE!?!?!?” Sly screams as he continues to run and cut through more of the zombified hallucinations.

Continuing to run across their heads, Sly leaps off the hallucinations and wall-runs before jumping through a hut and cutting through the hallucinations. Running through the hut, he cuts through several more hallucinations and he was continuing to rack up the kills as he ran through hut after hut and did away with the zombified hallucinations like scissors through paper and he continued through his frenzied rage.

“IS THAT ALL YOU GOT!?!?!?” Sly screams while going through hut after hut.

Pretty soon, Sly runs into what appeared to be some sort of congregation where the priest was giving a sermon about the wonders of voodoo to the men kneeled down. Growling and snarling in anger, Sly was getting ready to kill all of them. But then the rat priest huffs in anger before proceeding to summon some voodoo magic as he starts chanting in Swahili before powering them up and turning them into hulking rage zombies.

“Finally… a challenge.” Sly growls before charging directly at them.

Running towards the hulking rat zombies, Sly vaults under the first one as he converts his canes back into his sickle-shaped canes before jumping onto his back and hooking into his collarbone, causing him to scream and swing his arms around while trying to grab the angry raccoon thief. But Sly just swerves and maneuvers around his reach and he has the monster hit his comrades by sinking his sickles further into his skin.

“GGGGGGRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” the monster roars as he unintentionally hits his comrades.

The hulking zombie hallucination tried reaching for Sly, but he was so elusive and fast that all he could do was keep hitting his teammates. The second hulking zombie hallucination tries to grab him, but the raccoon thief jumps out of the way and lets the second one hit the first one. Landing on the next hulking zombie hallucination, Sly jams his canes into his eyes before ripping the top of his head off with his raw strength.

“GROAGH!!!!!!” the hulking zombie hallucination screams before falling to the ground.

Leaping off the corpse, Sly slides under the next hulking zombie hallucination before hooking his left achilles with his sickle before ripping it out and jumping into the air before dropkicking the next one. It topples into more of them and Sly proceeds to rush towards the priest in front of him. The priest pulls out his machete and swings at Sly, but he counters the attack and pushes him out of the hut and they fall long enough for the raccoon thief to move out of the way and the priest plummets into a big pot of stew, burning him alive in the process.

Landing on the ground, Sly notices several more of Mz. Ruby’s henchmen charged directly at him and he swiftly dispatched all of them with his canes. But suddenly, he notices the Skull Temple moving by itself and it was looking down at Sly. Its eyes were glowing and it looked like it was ready to attack him.

“Well… you certainly got the moves, raccoon~. But you know that you’re delaying the inevitable~. I gotta say~... meeting your folks was like going to the Mardi Gras~. Fun~... festive~... and bloody~. That look of despair on your face was the more delicious I ever had the privilege of laying my eyes~.” Mz. Ruby taunts in his head.

Growling as he listened to her voice, Sly screams,

“WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU!?!?!? SHOW YOURSELF, YOU EVIL VOODOO HAG!!!!!!!”

“My, you’ve got quite the vocabulary on you, honey~. Tell you what - if you can kill all my men and get through my magic vibes as well as fighting through the hallucination of my Skull Temple, I’ll give you the privilege of having a little one-on-one with me~. We don’t take kindly to poachers~. But if not~... GET READY FOR A FAMILY REUNION, BOY~!!!!!!! HA~!!!!!! HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GAH, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Mz. Ruby laughs in a sadistic manner.

Snarling as he looks at the Skull Temple above him, he notices its eyes glow even brighter and it starts emitting UV Ray before burning the ground next to him. Making a run for it, Sly does his best to avoid getting burned by the UV Rays and the henchmen in his hallucinations are burning alive as they get caught in the rays. The raccoon thief tries to find some form of shelter to avoid getting burned by the rays, but shelter was scarce around Mz. Ruby’s lair and all he could do was run while trying to find a way to get to her. Keeping on his toes and moving as fast as he can, Sly tried to find a path towards Mz. Ruby and he needed to do it without being burned alive by the Skull Temple.

“BENTLEY, DO YOU KNOW A WAY UP TO SKULL TEMPLE WITHOUT GETTING BURNT ALIVE!?!?!?” Sly asks while continuing to run.

Bentley, having watched everything with Murray and stunned by what their best friend was doing, snaps out of it and answers,

“Uh… well… you can try running up its body and get inside its skeletal body. But other than that, I don’t know how you can get past the skull!”

“WORKS FOR ME!!!!!!!” Sly responds before signing off.

Running towards the scaffolding, the raccoon thief jumps up and continues to run. Jumping and vaulting across, Sly cut through multiple guards into his path before running through multiple trees. Vaulting, running, and hopping across the trees like Tarzan, the raccoon thief could hear the giant footsteps behind him and he needed to move as fast as he could.

“There has to be a way to get up there!” Sly thought as he continued to run.

“Fat chance, honey~! My skull temple is moving at all times~! I’m in your mind, raccoon~! I know your game~! How are you gonna get to me if your little trip in dreamland is kickin in~!?” Mz. Ruby asks inside his head.

“SHUT UP!!!!! WHEN I GET UP, I’M GONNA MAKE A HAT AND A LEATHER COAT OUT OF YOU!!!!!!!” Sly screams inside his head as he continues to run.

“So hostile~! You know, you really shouldn’t be getting angry so often, sugar~! It’s BAD for your health~! Take it from someone who had to resort to voodoo magic and witchcraft magic to stave off the loneliness at a young age~! You’ll get nowhere if all you keep thinking about is that stupid book your pappy would keep so close to himself~!” Mz. Ruby taunts.

Trying his best to keep his composure as he continues to climb and run across the trees, Sly turns his canes into kusarigami before throwing them at the walking alligator skeleton. From the trees, the raccoon thief proceeds to start swinging and he was moving like Spider-Man as he tried swinging his way up to the Skull Temple.

“I don’t think so, cher~!” Mz. Ruby shouts before moving the skeleton’s right arm to swing at the raccoon thief.

Noticing this, Sly swings out of the way to avoid getting hit by the fist. But that would only prove to be the appetizer to the main course that the raccoon thief would have to deal with if he wanted to make it to the Voodoo Alligator. Deciding to double back on his efforts for now, Sly tried searching for an opening to allow him to get inside the Skull Temple and fight Mz. Ruby for real.

“What the hell can I do!? Mz. Ruby is inside my head and I can’t figure out a way to get up to the Skull Temple without getting killed! Think, Sly, think!” Sly thought as he continued to swing around the skeleton.

"And I'm gonna be stuck in your head until you beat me, raccoon~! Come and get me~!" Mz. Ruby taunts inside his head, further angering him.

Looking around, the raccoon thief notices the base of the tail on the back and notices that it was shaking as it moved. Receiving an idea, Sly swings to the other side and latches onto it with his canes before proceeding to run all the way up while keeping an eye out for any enemies that could get in his way. Immediately, Sly notices several ghosts rushing towards him and ready to kill. Using his spiritual essence, the raccoon thief swiftly dispatches them before continuing to run up the tailbone.

“You think you can beat me, boy~!? I’m far ahead of the game as far as numbers go~! Sooner or later, you’re gonna tire out~! And when you do, get ready to join my voodoo family, cher~! I even have a spot for you with your mommy and daddy~!” Mz. Ruby laughs while in the raccoon thief’s head.

“And I have a special spot for you on the wall. Your head will look very good, mounted in the kitchen. Especially after taking what didn’t belong to you in the first place.” Sly responds in a hostile tone.

“God, Clockwerk really did a number on your psyche~! I guess it’s a good thing you have someone like me to talk to you~! Otherwise, you would just get bored with killing, just like you’re doing right now~! By the way, I know about them bitches you slept with back in Mesa City~! They look fine as fine can be, but you really went for the lowest common denominator~! And don’t even get me started on that Vixen Cop who keeps stalking you~! She really has a thing for bad boys like you~! I think she needs help~! And a lobotomy~!” Mz. Ruby laughs while talking to the raccoon thief in his head.

Keeping his focus, Sly continues to run up the tailbone and he notices several rat guards as zombies running towards him. Doing what he does best, the raccoon thief blasts right through them and they all fell to their demises as he continued to scale the skeletal beast before making it all the way to the top and jumping off the head as he releases the canes before grabbing the chains and locking them into place near the eye sockets.

“Huh!? What the hell are you doing!?” Mz. Ruby asks, feeling the impact of the canes.

“Taking down a Kaiju.” Sly answers before yanking the monster down with all his strength.

*CRASH!!!!!!*

Having grabbed ahold of the skeletal monster with his canes, it falls down and hits the ground with a heavy impact, shaking the land in the process. Making a perfect landing, Sly notices the skeletal monster trying to get back up. Realizing that this was his perfect time, the raccoon thief rushes towards the downed monster and tries to get inside it to find Mz. Ruby. However, there were multiple zombies trying to make their way towards Sly, but he wasn’t having it with them this time.

“OUTTA MY WAY!!!!!!!” Sly screams as he converts his canes into twin katanas.

*SLASH!!!!!* *SLICE!!!!!* *DICE!!!!!!!*

Cutting through his enemies, Sly rushed towards the skull temple and multiple rat zombies were swarming towards him. But he sliced and diced right through them and he was going to make extra sure that they wouldn’t come after him or hurt anyone else that might come wandering into the Haitian Jungle. Mz. Ruby was just too dangerous to be kept alive for the entire world. If she were to be left alive, she could use her powers to trigger a massive zombie apocalypse and destroy everything he holds dear. And moreover, he needed to make her pay for violating his mother and father in front of him. It was a bill he was going to make sure he collected.

“I’M ALMOST THERE!!!!!!! JUST GOTTA KEEP PUSHING FORWARD!!!!!!!” Sly screams as he keeps rushing.

“You can try, cher~! But you’re gonna get yourself mauled and bitten all over~! You think you can get to me~!? Ha~! Your mommy could hardly sink the knife in~!” Mz. Ruby taunts inside his head as she laughs at him.

“SHUT UP!!!!!!! I CAME ALL THIS WAY TO GET THE PAGES OF THE THIEVIUS RACCOONUS BACK AND I’M NOT GONNA LET SOME CENTURY-OLD DINOSAUR LIKE YOU GET IN MY WAY!!!!!!! AND FOR THE RECORD, I HEARD YOU SCREAM REAL GOOD WHEN I HEARD WHAT MOM DID TO YOU!!!!!!” Sly responds inside his head while continuing to run.

“Oh, you got jokes, huh~? Well, we’ll see who’s laughing when I serve you up as pot roast~!” Mz. Ruby responds as more of her henchmen rush towards him.

Moving at the speed of sound, Sly sliced and diced through more of her henchmen. And when they attempted to tackle him, the raccoon thief jumped over them and ran on top of their heads as he noticed that he was a few meters away from the skull temple. Cutting through more of her guards, Sly noticed it. Not letting up, the raccoon thief uses the jumping guards as vaulting platforms for his parkour movies while the skeletal monster gets back on its feet.

“JUST ABOUT THERE!!!!!!” Sly screams to himself as he notices the Skull Temple.

Not wasting any time, Sly jumps off the last remaining henchman as he converts his katanas back into kusarigama before throwing them at the teeth and using the chains to yank himself straight into the Skull Temple where Mz. Ruby awaited him.

“Well~... so we finally meet in the flesh, cher~.” the Voodoo Alligator says in a sadistic tone.

Growling at Mz. Ruby, Sly brandishes his canes and gets ready to confront her for the last time.

Notes:

Sorry I took so long. I was so busy brainstorming ways of Sly fighting that I was wearing myself down. And right now, it's humid over in Tokyo and my AC isn't working right now, but I'm gonna see about getting it working tomorrow. There will be one more chapter and it will be Sly fighting Mz. Ruby before receiving his pages of the Thievius Raccoonus. And after that, there will be a beach episode. Speaking of which, I thought of an AU where Sly gets adopted by the Diamond Dogs and becomes their loving, sex-addicted Master Thief. It's a small beta, but I just thought it would be something fun. Another thing, after the Vicious Voodoo Arc and the Beach Episode in the Bahamas, we will be making our way over to the Fire in the Sky Arc where Sly will be going at it against Jing King and her father, the Panda King. And for this Arc, I want it to feel like a Martial Arts Action Movie where Sly goes against the Panda King and all of his goons. I want it to be fun and exciting. But I've rambled on long enough. If there was a song I would choose for this chapter, it would have to be one of the versions to Dragula by Rob Zombie. It just feels more fitting for me. Be sure to share your songs of choice in the comment section down below. I have two weeks left in Japan and I'm going to make them count. Anyway, I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see all of you later.

Chapter 24: A Deadly Dance

Summary:

Having made it inside the Skull Temple, Sly prepares to confront Mz. Ruby for what she did to his parents as a child...

Having landed himself into the Skull Temple and making a perfect landing, Sly glared directly at Mz. Ruby in her zombified as he angrily paced around the room while the hallucinations worsen. One of his parents’s butchers stood in front of him and it was now his chance for revenge. Looking around, Mz. Ruby’s room was filled with TVs playing Michael Jackson’s Thriller, skulls, bones, and of course, half-eaten corpses spread all over from Mz. Ruby’s continuous dinners. And up on her wall hung the corpses of Connor and Selena, who were bloodied and rotted away.

“Ooooh, I can feel that Cooper vibe a-comin’~. Most distastefully bad juju~.” Mz. Ruby taunts as she looks at the raccoon thief.

“AND YOU CALL WHAT I DID DISTASTEFUL!?!?!? VIOLATING MY PARENTS’ CORPSES, STEALING MY POSSESSIONS, AND MAKING ME RELIVE THE DAY YOU SKINNED THEM ALIVE IN FRONT IS GUARANTEED TO GET YOU ON MY RADAR!!!!!!!!” Sly screams as he snarls at her.

Laughing at his wrathful demeanor, Mz. Ruby responds,

“Oh, Sly~. I see your mouth a-moving~. But all I hear is blah, blah, blah~. Well~... if jaws need to flap, then let them flap~! See you in the next world, Sly Cooper~!”

Just then, the voodoo alligator dives right into the water and proceeds to circle around Sly as she tries to get the jump on him. The chickens and the zombified hallucinations were watching and dancing to the music as it thumped to the sound of the speakers while Mz. Ruby was keeping quiet and trying to ambush Sly. Taking a deep breath, the raccoon thief waits for the voodoo alligator priestess to make her move.

*SPLASH!!!!!*

Jumping out of the water, Mz. Ruby jumps onto Sly and he blocks her as she tries to bite his head off. Pushing her away while reeling his head back, the raccoon thief did everything he could to avoid getting eaten alive by the voodoo alligator priestess. Channeling into his energy, Sly kicks Mz. Ruby off and hooks her with his canes before slamming her into the ground. But before he could attack her any further, she swipes him away with her tail before jumping right back into the water. Getting back on his feet, Sly screams,

“COME BACK HERE!!!!! YOU CAN’T RUN AWAY FOREVER!!!!!!”

“Quite true, baby~. Quite true~. Why don’t we play a little game here~?” Mz. Ruby asks inside the raccoon thief’s head.

“Really…? What’s the catch…?” Sly asks in an aggressive tone.

“Not much~. Just a little game I like to play with all my annoying guests~! I wanna see how well you pay attention~.” Mz. Ruby answers in a playful tone.

“What do you mean…?” Sly asks, still keeping his wits about him.

“Well~... it’s just a mere game of hide-and-seek set to the rhythm of the music in my temple~. I will remain in the water set on a timer and I will pounce on you~. If you listen to the rhythm of the beat and the bubbles in the water~... you’ll dodge me just fine~. If not~... YOU’RE MY DINNER TONIGHT, CHER~!!!!!! HA, HA, HA~!!!!!!!” Mz. Ruby answers as she laughs inside his head.

“So it’s just a game of hide-and-seek, huh? You’re gonna regret this.” Sly responds as he gets into a fighting stance.

Watching the chickens set up what appeared to be electronic dance music from a horror movie, the speakers thump to the rhythm of the bass as Sly keeps his composure and waits for the moment to attack Mz. Ruby. Steadying his breath and keeping his eyes closed as he waited for the voodoo alligator priestess to leap out of the water, the raccoon thief waited for the perfect opportunity. Waiting and listening to his instincts, Sly had anticipated the perfect moment to attack Mz. Ruby.

*SPLASH!!!!!*

Sharply turning around, Sly swings his canes at Mz. Ruby as she flies in the air and attempts to eat him alive, causing the music to amp up. Landing a hit, Mz. Ruby falls on the platform before rolling onto her four limbs and getting into a primal stance. Running towards him, the voodoo alligator priestess tried to bite the raccoon thief whole. But Sly already saw right through her attack and hit her with his canes. Rolling onto the ground, she swipes at him with her tail and nearly knocks him into the water where the zombies tried to reach for Sly.

“OH, GOD!!!!! YOU NEVER MENTIONED ANYTHING ABOUT ZOMBIES!!!!!!!” Sly screams as he gets back on his feet.

“Oh~? Did I fail to mention that this is a game, sugar~? YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER~!!!!!!!!” Mz. Ruby screams before jumping back into the water.

As soon as the alligator female jumps back in, the music calms down and the raccoon thief is back to waiting for her to pop out and attack him. Steadying his breath, the music seemed to pick up a small amount of speed while Mz. Ruby is waiting to ambush Sly.

“You know~... when your daddy tried to fend us off and keep you alive, my heart beat like a Cherokee Drum, cher~. He was so brave and loyal to a fault that I found it almost pitiful when we made fur coats outta him and your mommy~. She was a real spitfire, that ring-tailed bitch~!” Mz. Ruby taunts as she reminisces about the time she and the rest of the Fiendish Five murdered his parents.

“My father was five times the man that you and your asshole friends will ever be! WHAT THE HELL DID WE EVER DO TO DESERVE ANY OF THIS!?!?!? TELL ME!!!!!!” Sly screams as he looks around for any bubbles on the water surface.

“That’s between you and Big Bird, sugar~. I just joined because I could get some extra zombies on hand for my army to take over the Americas by the end of the week~!” Mz. Ruby responds before leaping out of the water.

*SPLASH!!!!!!*

Before Sly could react, Mz. Ruby lands on top of him and tries to bite his head off. The raccoon thief holds her back to keep the voodoo priestess from decapitating him before activating his Cooper Energy and knocks her off before hooking her with his canes and slamming her into the ground. Converting his canes into sickles, Sly hooks onto Mz. Ruby once more before picking her up and swinging her around. After gaining some momentum, he proceeds to slam her into the ground repeatedly as he beats her to death.

“NOW WHO’S DISTASTEFUL, YOU VOODOO SKANK!!!!!!!” Sly screams as he slams her all over the Skull Temple.

Smashing her everywhere, Sly’s energy starts to spike and he just wouldn’t stop slamming Mz. Ruby around. He was so angry at what she did to his parents’ corpses and he was more than ready to make a leather trench coat out of her scales. But as she was getting slammed around, the voodoo priestess was starting to get desperate and she finally gets serious as she activates her voodoo powers and she holds herself down before screaming,

“ENOUGH!!!!!!!”

Holding the chains down in place, Mz. Ruby walks over to Sly and says,

“You wanna play rough, cher~? Then let’s play rough~.”

Opening her mouth, Mz. Ruby proceeds to bite down on Sly’s left shoulder. He screams as he tries to knock her away, but her voodoo powers were so immensely strong that she had a lock on him. Keeping a strong grip on him, the voodoo priestess with the raccoon thief in her hands proceeds to dive into the water where the zombies get ahold of him. Getting scratched and bitten all over, Sly could feel the pain coursing through his body while being held onto by Mz. Ruby.

“Face it, cher~. You’re nothing but a scared little boy fighting a war he can’t win~. It’s time to face the music and accept your demise in my hands~! Come on~... I’m doing you a favor, baby~. Don’t you miss mommy and daddy~? I can give you the freedom you desire~. The freedom to finally see them again~. Come on~... they’re waiting for you~... bon ami~.” Mz. Ruby says in his head while keeping the raccoon thief held down and having her zombie bite and scratch away at him.

As Sly is being bitten and scratched all over, he starts thinking about the day that his parents skinned alive and killed right in front of him. He thought about the day that he met Bentley and Murray when he first stepped into Happy Campers Orphanage and made friends with them after fighting off some bullies who were trying to steal his father’s cane. He thought about the time he met Carmelita on one of his heists and protecting his virginity until a week ago. And he also thought about the Diamond Dogs and the fact that he is going to be a father soon.

“What’s wrong, cher~? Cat got your tongue~? Your body’s about to give out~. Get ready to meet the big man upstairs~.” Mz. Ruby taunts telepathically while keeping a tight grip on the raccoon thief.

If he were to disappear, would anyone care? He is already on Interpol’s Most Wanted List and he has already lost everything dear to him. Bentley and Murray were the only two people he had left in his life and they only got lucky with everything that they had been through. And even though Carmelita had just claimed his virginity as her own, there was so much that he didn’t know about relationships and how they worked. But then again… this was never a quest for love. This was his war and he was losing it to the zombies. But as his life flashed before his eyes, Sly began to think about his future children.

Being a future father, Sly never thought of having children and he has only just had sex with Carmelita and multiple female gang members masquerading as a strip club. At this point, it was finally over for him and he was about to meet his ancestors. Flashing back through his childhood as he drowned while being bitten and scratched, his vision started to fade as he faced Mz. Ruby and he was ready to meet his mother and father…

*THOOM!!!!*

Suddenly, Sly woke up and rage had taken over his body as he faced a surprised Mz. Ruby. His aura turned blue, but red was mixed into it and it formed into the color purple. Grabbing and hooking the voodoo alligator with his canes, Sly leaps out of the water with Mz. Ruby in his grasp and throws her into the ground. Barking and growling as he rushes at her, the raccoon thief begins pulling away at her scales.

“AAAAAUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU DAMNED TRASH PANDA!!!!!!!!” Mz. Ruby screams before swiping him away with her tail.

She attempted to run back into the water, but he pulled her back with his raw strength and he tossed her into a voodoo statue and broke several more bones in her body as he continued to toss her around like a sack of potatoes.

*BASH!!!!!!* *CRASH!!!!!* *SMASH!!!!!!!*

Throwing her everywhere across her skull temple, the raccoon thief had wrecked the voodoo alligator to the point where she could hardly stand. And when Sly was finished, he tosses the chains up and Mz. Ruby was dangling upside down, all broken and helpless. Looking at the rotted, skinned corpses of his parents on the wall, Sly turned his attention to Mz. Ruby and he growls,

“When you and Raleigh showed up that night, you took everything from me. And not only did you skin my parents alive in front of me, you went ahead and gave me that puppet show at my lowest.”

“No hard feelings, cher~. I was only doing it for a mere payment of their corpses and a million dollars~. It’s all part of business, sugar~. And speaking of puppet shows~… I’ve got one more I wanna give you~. It’s a real killer~!” Mz. Ruby exclaims.

Suddenly, Sly’s parents jump and hold onto him as Mz. Ruby breaks free from his chains and attempts to bite him one more time. But the raccoon thief used the rest of his energy to angrily knock them off before countering and slamming the voodoo alligator priestess into the ground before wrapping her up in chains before hanging her upside down once again. Slowly walking towards her as he turns his canes into sickles, Sly growls,

“What a real killer puppet show that was. Now… it’s time to collect my trophy.”

What…? U-Uh… h-hold on, cher~. I was only doing my job~. I was only doing my job as a member of the Fiendish Five~. You don’t need to resort to execution~. I’m sure we can work out a deal~.” Mz. Ruby begs as she tries to worm her way out of the situation she was in.

“Deal with this!” Sly shouts as he starts stabbing her.

Agonized screams filled the Skull Temple as Mz. Ruby was stabbed and skinned alive like a big game trophy by Sly. After everything that he experienced with the hallucinations and nightmares she gave him, it was only fitting that he took his time with her and killed her as slowly as possible the same way she killed his parents in front of him. And by the time he was finished with her, the raccoon thief was covered in blood and the voodoo alligator was a skinned corpse. Breathing heavily as he looked at her and her leathery skin, Sly proceeds to gather up the leathery, scaly skin as he says,

“I’m gonna make a hat and trench coat out of this later.”

But as he looks for something to stuff the leather and the corpse inside, Sly looks around and notices an antiserum next to the throne. Walking towards the throne, he grabs the antiserum and injects himself with it. And when he does, the nightmarish hallucinations stop and Sly looks around to notice that there were corpses surrounding the Skull Temple. There was a cold, dead atmosphere in the air and it finally felt like it was time for Sly to leave. However, he noticed a vault that contained the pages to the Thievius Raccoonus. Heading over to the vault, Sly cracks the code and opens the safe to find the Invisibility Technique developed by Slytunkhamen who would use his ability to remain hidden while stealing from corrupt pharaohs and greedy noblemen. After storing the pages inside, Sly radios in on Bentley and says,

“I’ve retrieved the pages. I’m going to find a cooler for Mz. Ruby’s body and a bag for the leathery skin. I’m also gonna be finding more of the pages after this.”

“Alright, partner. I’ll keep you posted.” Bentley says before signing off.

After signing off, Sly finds a cooler for Mz. Ruby’s corpse before having it hauled back to the Cooper Van with one of Bentley’s drones along with the leathery scales. And for the first time, the raccoon thief didn’t see Clockwerk anywhere. Sly had no idea why the mechanical owl wouldn’t suddenly attack him out of the blue like before, but he was nowhere in sight. And Sly felt relief for the first time in a long while upon realizing that. But right now, he focused on getting the rest of the pages before ultimately heading back to the Cooper Van and leaving the disgusting jungle once and for all.

Notes:

And with that, the Vicious Voodoo Arc has been closed off. In the next chapter, there will be a beach chapter that takes place in Nassau and the Cooper Gang will have fun. At least until Sly gets an unexpected visit from a certain someone in his love life. All in all, it will be a fun chapter and the certain someone will be naked at the beach. But after that, I will be resting as I get ready to write the Fire in the Sky Arc. And believe me, I'm going to make this the most exciting Arc that I've made in years. And it will be very combat-focused as Sly squares off against the Panda King and his daughter, Jing King. But next week will be my final week in Japan and I have to head back to the United States, unfortunately. And I have no choice. I really love Japan more than the United States and I really don't feel happy living in the latter anymore. I've actually become quite engrained in the culture and I love it in Japan. I've only lived here for three months and I'm already starting to feel nostalgic. But when I get home, I'm gonna get a job that will pull in tips and I can finally leave that rotting carcass of a country behind. I just don't love it in America anymore. It's become the very thing we stood against and we are heading to our doom as a people over there. I'm sorry that I sounded melodramatic and peachy, but I have been going through a lot of emotions and I'm just happy that school will be over for the time being. And right now, I just wanna enjoy the moment while it's still here. So without further ado... I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see all of you later.

Chapter 25: Funky Nassau

Summary:

Having finished their mission in the Haitian Jungle, the Cooper Gang decided to spend some time in Nassau...

When they finally left the Haitian Jungle, the Cooper Gang was tired and completely stressed from the amount of endless work they had to do to get the pages of the Thievius Raccoonus back. They were so tired and burnt out from searching everywhere and since Clockwerk wasn’t around for the time being, they decided to get away from it all and head to Nassau in the Bahamas. Having rented a room for a month to recuperate, the Cooper Gang got everything ready for a beach day and they were ready to soak in the sun and the sea. Sniffing the ocean from a distance with his brothers, Sly exclaims,

“Gotta love that salty smell, boys!”

The raccoon thief was wearing what appeared to be a leathery alligator hat he made from Mz. Ruby’s scales. He also wore a white tanktop, baggy cargo shorts, and a Hawaiian Shirt along with a pair of sunglasses. As for the genius turtle and the hippo driver, the former had sunscreen coated all over him with a pair of swimming trunks and a regular shirt while carrying some chocolate, graham crackers, and marshmallows and the latter wore a pair of red swimming trunks with a white waistline and a rubber-ducky floaty dangling from his right arm along with a blue cooler full of hot dogs and soda inside in his left arm.

“My God! I love the scenery here, but does the seaweed have to have such a strong scent!? Bentley complains as he covers his nose.

“Cheer up, Bentley! Sly’s gonna be making a barbecue for us tonight!” Murray shouts in an enthusiastic tone.

“You made sure that the sunbrella and the beach chairs were placed inside the van, right?” Bentley asks as he looks at the raccoon thief.

“They were already placed inside the Cooper Van when we left Paris. They should be still in the back.” Sly answers as he looks at the Van.

“Hmm…” Bentley wonders as he walks over to the back of the Van.

Opening the back of the Van, Bentley looks inside and notices that the beach equipment was still there and a huge, mega-sized cooler that contains Mz. Ruby’s remains.. Sighing in relief, the genius turtle says in a boastful tone,

“It seems my latest security system has kept our equipment safe. I don't know how I do it.”

“Cool. Now let’s go. If we don’t hurry, everyone will start taking the best spots.” Sly says as he heads to the Cooper Van.

“Sly’s right! Let’s go, Bentley!” Murray agreed as he ran over to place the food inside the back of the Cooper Van.

Dejected at the reactions, Bentley walks over to the Cooper Van and says in a mocking voice,

“If we don’t hurry, everyone will take the best spots.”

Heading inside the van, the Cooper Gang gets the Getaway Van up and they drive to the prettiest beach they could find. There were lots of spots, but they wanted to find a spot that was the least-crowded. It took quite a bit of time and as they continued to search, the Cooper Gang decided to reminisce about their childhood together and the times they spent as they performed heists all the way to the time that Sly first met Carmelita. They’ve reflected on everything that happened to them over the years and they all laughed about it. But pretty soon, they found a spot that was open enough and the view of the blue beach was perfect. Parking the Cooper Van, they proceed to get everything ready and set up camp.

“Alright! Does everyone have everything?” Bentley asks as he looks at his friends inside the Getaway Van.

“Yup! I got the chairs and the sunbrella!” Sly answers with the beach equipment by his side.

“And I’ve got the food along with Mz. Ruby’s remains!” Murray answers with an enthusiastic tone.

Hearing this and nodding, Bentley hops out of the Getaway Van and they all head to the best spot near the beach. It had some logs nearby and the ocean was so incredibly blue that it would be mistaken for crystal. It was so very beautiful and the Cooper Gang immediately thought that it would be a good place to retire when they’re old and have had their fun. But they quickly got set up and the campsite was good to go. Smiling at their success, Sly says,

“I’m gonna go and get something to help light the fires. I’ll be back.”

“Don’t take too long! Me and Murray are about to set up sand castles!” Bentley shouts as the hippo driver takes a dive into the water.

Chuckling, Sly makes a playful salute before heading into town. Looking around, Sly was hit by the smell of barbecue and the sound of reggae music around him. It was all very relaxing and it really helped lighten up the raccoon thief’s mood a bit as he walked. He remembered taking the corpses of his parents back with him, and since he couldn’t bring them back due to the stench, he had them cremated in a funeral home before placing them in a pair of urns. When he was finished, he had them placed in his motel room for safekeeping until he got back home to Paris.

“Oh! Now we’re talking…” Sly says as he spots a firewood shop.

Heading inside, the raccoon thief grabs the first pile of firewood he could find before heading to the cash register to show the clerk his fake ID and pay for the pile with the cash he took from Mz. Ruby’s stash. When he was finished, Sly exited the shop with the firewood secured. Smiling, Sly says,

“Alright. Time to head back and-!”

“It’s been a week, Ringtail~. How have you been~?” Carmelita asks in a suggestive tone.

Standing in front of the stunned Sly Cooper, Carmelita was naked from head to toe in public. The vixen cop was wearing only her police collar and her sunglasses as she looked at the stunned raccoon thief and the other men gawking and wolfwhistling at her. Sauntering over to him while the men whistled, Carmelita asks,

“Need some help with your wood~?”

“C-Carmelita! Hey! Um… where were you? I haven’t seen you anywhere in the Haitian Jungle.” Sly asks, noticing that he didn’t see her anywhere during the Haitian Jungle job.

“I was busy going through paperwork~. Apparently, Inspector Barkley was hit with paperwork upon arriving in Mesa City without a warrant~. So I was sent back to Paris and I had to go through a report of why I went in without a warrant~.” Carmelita answers in an annoyed tone.

“Judging by your appearance, I’d say you got it all done~.” Sly says, noting her naked appearance.

“Yes, I did~. You’re heading to the beach, right~?” Carmelita asks, looking at the firewood in his arms.

“Yup. Bentley and Murray are waiting for me. We’re gonna be playing in the ocean and getting ready for barbecue with this firewood tonight.” Sly answers in a jovial tone.

“Ooh, barbecue~. May I join you~?” Carmelita asks as she playfully leans on him.

“Sure. I’m sure none of them will mind. At least until they see the way you look.” Sly answers in a delighted tone.

“Let them judge me~. I would rather be with you right now~.” Carmelita responds as she wraps her arm around him.

“Me too.” Sly says, trying to forget about what happened back at the Haitian Jungle.

So on that note, they proceeded to walk on ahead while the men watched in envy and the women watched in disgust as they covered the children’s eyes. On their way to the beach, Sly and Carmelita talked about different subjects, ranging from books to music to art. It was practically their first date together. In fact, the vixen cop would even go so far as to say that she has some wine saved for her and Sly whenever they were ready to tie the knot together and get married. Thinking about it, the raccoon thief would have a lot of wedding plans to go over with the Diamond Dogs when this job was over. He would need a massive temple and a huge cake for all of them to eat for the wedding reception and it was going to be the party of his life once he finishes kissing all of them.

“You know what? After I give the firewood to my friends, we’ll spend some quality time together.” Sly says as he grabs her ass.

“Oooh~. Quality time~. How would you like to spend it~? Playing in the ocean~? Walking on the beach~? Collecting seashells…~?” Carmelita asks as she playfully leans closer to him.

“All of that.” Sly answers before playfully spanking her, causing the vixen cop to yelp. “But right now, I gotta get this maple delivered.” the raccoon thief adds as they continue to walk together.

One half-hour later as they made it back to the beach, everything was set up and Bentley and Murray were playing. The former was making a sandcastle in the form of a computer and the latter was splashing around in the blue ocean water. When they noticed Sly walking back with the firewood, they suddenly noticed a naked Carmelita walking beside him and they were horrified.

“Ugh! Oh, my God! Why are you naked!?” Bentley asks as he looks the other way in disgust.

“Yeah! We don’t need to see you looking like this!” Murray shouts as he shuts his eyes.

“Relax, guys. I’m just here to drop off the firewood. Me and Carmelita are gonna be spending some quality time together, so feel free to have fun without me. I’ll be back to help out with the barbecue later.” Sly answers as he playfully kisses her neck.

“Please! Leave! We don’t need to see you two get your cooties all over each other!” Bentley begs as he swats them away.

“Cooties~? You two are such children~. I pity the day you two meet an actual woman~.” Carmelita says as she and her Ringtail walk away.

“We’ll be back in a few hours! Have fun!” Sly shouts before walking across the beach.

Bentley and Murray roll their eyes before going back to having more fun on the beach as Sly and Carmelita proceed to walk around the beach. They frollicked and playfully kicked the ocean water at each other while walking and they had fun before running to the shallow end of the water where the rocks were. In the ocean water on the rocks, they proceeded to kiss each other passionately and they were enjoying each other in their embrace. Sly really thought that he was going to die in the Haitian Jungle, but the touch of Carmelita’s body reminded him that he was still alive and he had so much more to offer. Pulling away from each other, Sly asks,

“Ready to have some real fun~?”

“You bet, big boy~.” Carmelita answers as she undoes the belt on his cargo shorts.

Heading back to the surface, Sly starts stripping out of his clothes and he prepares to start ravishing Carmelita. Kissing her passionately, he slowly glides down her large breasts before proceeding to. grope, kiss, and suckle on them. Hearing her moan as she hugs him, Sly can feel himself getting erect. Feeling ready to get between her legs, he pulls away and proceeds to kiss her legs before licking her pussy.

“Hngh~! Yes~! Yes~!” Carmelita moans as the raccoon gropes her thick thighs.

Swirling his tongue around her vaginal walls, Sly felt himself getting ready to finally have sex with her. Inhaling and smiling as he looked at her, he rubs and strokes his cock for a minute before sticking it into her pussy.

“Oh, yeah…” Sly moans as he starts moving inside her.

Moving in a missionary position, Sly proceeded to fuck Carmelita while holding onto her. His whole life flashed before his eyes back in the Haitian Jungle when he relived what happened to him and seeing his parents die in front of him at such a young age and he had to fight against multiple hallucinations and Mz. Ruby. But now, here he was - having sex with Carmelita in an exotic paradise while Bentley and Murray were having fun at the beach. Life couldn’t get any better if it wanted to right now.

“I swear… I’ve never felt so alive right now!” Sly shouts as he continues to move his hips.

“Me neither~! I’ve been wanting you to be inside me for so long~!” Carmelita shouts while feeling him move inside her.

“You wouldn’t have the slightest idea about the things I’ve seen in the Haitian Jungle!” Sly responds as he feels himself getting close to ejaculating.

Sucking on her breasts as he moved, the raccoon thief was ready to let it all out inside the vixen cop. He had been away from her for so long that he thought that he was never going to see her again. Ironically, he was raised to view sex as evil, yet he is now committing to such an act before marriage. Nevertheless, he was going to enjoy this moment and he was more than happy to oblige as he was ready to cum inside her.

“It’s coming! It’s coming!” Sly shouts before ejaculating inside her.

*SPLURT~!!!!!* *SPLURT~!!!!!!!* *SPLURT~!!!!!!!*

Releasing his seed into her, Sly felt a relief course through his body as he held onto Carmelita. Catching his breath as he relaxed, the raccoon thief held onto the vixen cop while resting on her. However, the former was far from finished with the latter. This time, she pushes him off and she proceeds to sit on his face.

“You’re not finished yet, Ringtail~. We’ve only just begun~.” Carmelita teases as she rubs her big ass on his face.

Feeling himself get erect again, Sly proceeded to have sex with Carmelita for multiple hours once more. By the time he was finished, the raccoon thief was covered in sweat and female juices while the vixen cop was filled with his semen. Standing on his own two legs with his clothes back on and carrying her back to the campsite, Sly made his way back over to Bentley and Murray, who were prepping Mz. Ruby’s remains.

“Where have you been!? We were just about to get started without you!” Bentley asks in an irritated tone.

“Yeah! I even had to hold back on the hot dogs because I wanted to try out alligator meat!” Murray shouts in an annoyed tone.

“Heh, heh. Sorry. Sorry. Lost track of time. Anyway, just let me get Carmelita back into the Van and I’ll be right over.” Sly chuckles before taking her inside the Cooper Van.

After placing her inside and putting a blanket on her, the raccoon thief heads back to the campsite and starts prepping Mz. Ruby’s carcass for dinner under the stars. It would take them a couple hours, but they were finally finished and started to eat the alligator meat. It tasted lovely with the spice blends. They couldn’t stop eating. By the time they were finished, all that was left were the bones. Laughing as they mention the toilets won’t be happy with them, they all decided to head to the Cooper Van since it was starting to get dark and they head back to the motel room. After bringing Carmelita to his bed and using the bathroom, Sly was just about ready to sleep on the chair before getting his left wrist grabbed by her.

“We’re not finished yet, Ringtail~. You promised me quality time~.” Carmelita teases with a playful smirk on her face.

Chuckling at her, Sly responds,

“I’ve got nothing but time.”

They proceeded to have sex the entire night.

Notes:

Well, I finally got this chapter finished before I have to return to America on Friday. I have spent a whole lot of time in Japan and I must say that I have never felt more at home, which is going to break my heart when I step onto that plane the next day. I really want to stay in Japan, but I can't because my Visa is going to expire next week and I don't have enough money. God... I really wish it were that simple. Over the years, I have started to gain a low view of America and I just can't stop thinking about the bad things that go on over there. Plus, the companies are corrupt to the bone and don't care about your needs. I know that I'm getting geopolitical here, but there's just nothing for me in America anymore. There just isn't. The most that I'm gonna do is get a job that'll pull in tips, so that I can go back and live a lot longer in Japan. I have no love for America anymore. I just don't. I love my family, but I'm so tired of pleasing everyone and I just wanna leave. Anyway, you've heard me ramble long enough. I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see all of you later.

Chapter 26: Slytunkhamen I

Summary:

Making their way back to the safehouse after their vacation in Nassau, Sly meets a new ancestor...

It had been a couple weeks, but the Cooper Gang finally made it back to Paris. Sly had so much sex with Carmelita that his mind was now clear and de-stressed after dealing with Mz. Ruby and her hallucinations. After parking into the garage, they exit the Getaway Van and head inside the safehouse with Bentley taking the canes into his workshop and upgrading them once more. They were all worn out from their trip to the Caribbean and they all wanted a rest. But as usual, Sly was very eager to try out his new Invisibility Move and he also got a new trench coat made from Mz. Ruby’s scales alongside a belt and purse. And he knew exactly who to test it on. But just as he’s ready to go out, Murray calls for him.

“Hey, Sly!” Murray says as he’s setting up the PS2.

“Yeah, Murray?” Sly asks, caught off guard by his calling out.

“Um… when you get back… maybe we could play some Auto Modellista? We haven’t really played any games together since we started this job.” Murray answers, feeling a little bit down from the trip.

“Huh? You wanna play video games? Well, I wouldn’t mind playing Auto Modellista later. What brought this up?” Sly asks, feeling curious about his question.

“Well… you’re always on these big missions and you’re always going crazy whenever Carmelita is on your mind or Clockwerk is chasing after you. I… I know that we spent some time together at the beach, but you couldn’t stop having sex with Carmelita and hardly ever talk to us whenever you’re out and about, trying your new techniques from the Thievius Raccoonus and all. It’s just… I don’t wanna lose you… you know?” Murray answers in a sad voice.

Hearing this, Sly looks at his canes and turns towards Murray as he sets up the PlayStation 2. Letting out a sad sigh, the raccoon thief realizes that he has been putting so much time and effort into trying to take down the Fiendish Five and he has been neglecting his best friends and their needs. Knowing what he had to do, Sly walks over to Murray and sits next to him before talking to the hippo driver.

“Look, big guy. I know that it’s been rough on you for a while now. I know that I haven’t been talking much and we barely say much whenever I’m out, but you need to remember that I’m not always gonna be around. That doesn’t mean that I hate being around you. Ever since I was little, I have been put on a mission to avenge my family and steal back the Thievius Raccoonus. There is only the Panda King and Clockwerk left. Once this entire mess has been cleaned up and finished, you and I can have as much fun as we like. The sky is the limit, man. There is no stopping us. And besides, without your driving skills, me, Carmelita, and Sobaka Squad would’ve been mince-meat by now. Another thing - if you put all your effort into weightlifting and fighting, you could be a force to be reckoned with on the Cooper Gang. You matter to me and Bentley just as me and him matter to you. We’re almost done, Murray. Just two more members of the Fiendish Five left and we can do as we please.” Sly says, trying to cheer his best friend up.

Having heard all of this, Murray cheers up a little and hugs Sly as tight as he could without fail.

“Oh, you always know what to say, Sly. I’m so glad that me and Bentley met you back at the Orphanage when Tyler and his goons tried to steal your cane from you.” Murray says in a happy and cheerful tone.

“Tyler was just a big fat bear who is just projecting because he doesn’t have a girlfriend to love him. Or even a brother or sister, for that matter. Which makes me all the more glad when you and Bentley told Mrs. Puffin about what really happened.” Sly says with a light chuckle.

“Yeah. Mrs. Puffin was kinda fair, though. She didn’t always have it out for you and she always made sure that you, me, and Bentley were prepared for the real world ahead of us.” Murray says, reminiscing about their childhood together.

“I still remember our first heist together. You were so hungry that me and Bentley had to hold you down from eating the rest of the cookies.” Sly laughs as remembers their very first heist together.

“I was hungry that night. You guys knew how much I wanted those cookies.” Murray responds, laughing as well.

They laughed as they reminisced about that heist together and they couldn’t forget how happy they were when they got the cookies. Their victory was delicious that very night. But suddenly, Sly starts to feel a familiar essence outside the safehouse and he notices a phantom of what appeared to be an Egyptian Raccoon of some sort. Deciding to follow on his instincts, Sly says,

“I’m gonna head out for a bit, Murray. I’ll check back in with you later.”

“Alright. I’m gonna be ordering some pizza later, so don’t be late.” Murray said as he fully started up the game.

Giving the hippo driver a playful salute, the raccoon thief exits the safehouse and searches for the next spirit that he inherited his next power from. Looking around, he suddenly noticed the Egyptian Raccoon that he spotted inside the safehouse and Sly finally realized who it was as the latter smiled at him.

“Slytunkhamen! I had a feeling that I would be meeting one of you, but you were the Originator of the Cooper Clan!” Sly exclaims as he looks in awe.

“It is of great importance, my son.” Slytunkhamen says in the raccoon thief’s head.

For some odd reason, Slytunkhamen was speaking in the Egyptian Language. But somehow, Sly was able to understand him inside his head and he could read his thoughts very clearly as they started to speak to each other.

“I saw everything that transpired that day when the Fiendish Five took everything from you. But Clockwerk is aware of everything we do and he will never stop until we are eradicated. Oh, sweet Anubis… Horus has really dove off the deep end.” Slytunkhamen says as he rubs his temple.

“Horus…? Are you talking about that Egyptian God that you used to worship?” Sly asks, not understanding the meaning.

Slytunkhamen lets out a sad sigh and starts explaining who Clockwerk really is.

“Before Clockwerk became the very monster who is now hellbent on destroying our clan, he used to be the Pharaoh of Egypt known as Horus the Righteous. Oh, the irony…” Slytunkhamen answers in a resigned one.

“What!? That monster used to be the Pharaoh of Egypt!?” Sly asks in a shocked tone.

“He was very harsh and would always execute wrongdoers for any crimes related to betrayal committed against him. But he was a fair man and would always receive support from his subjects for his wise and righteous rule. And for some reason, he was very gentle with children. But that’s another story. One day, he met a very beautiful Anubian Jackal known as Isis.” Slytunkhamen explains in great detail.

“Isis…? Wait… in your section of the Thievius Raccoonus… it reads that you met a very beautiful woman with a body that puts all women to shame… that was her!?” Sly asks in a baffled tone.

“Horus was smitten with her the moment he laid eyes upon her. He would often court and dine her in an effort to get to know her. However, she only had eyes for me.” Slytunkhamen further explains.

“How come?” Sly asks, wanting to know more.

“At the time, I was Horus’s royal vizier. If you are curious as to how I got into power, I was accused of a crime that I didn’t commit. But before anything could happen to me, I spoke up and I told Horus that someone has conspired with a certain group of people to betray him. He didn’t believe me at first, but then one of his advisors dropped some money bribed to him and he immediately had him arrested and executed in my place.” Slytunkhamen explains as he goes into detail about their first meeting.

“Wow. Clockwerk must’ve had one short fuse if he was that angry back then.” Sly comments as he scratches his head.

“Those were different times, young Sly Cooper. And believe me - that man whom Clockwerk executed was the lucky one. The others who were found by me - not so much.” Slytunkhamen responds with a pitiful headshake.

“So what about Isis? How did the two of you meet?” Sly asks, wanting to know about his ancestor’s love life.

“Oh, where do I begin? At the time when I first met her, I had no idea that she was a witch and that she was the daughter of a corrupt nobleman who profited off the people who worked for Horus. When we first met, I was just about finished with my duties as royal vizier and it was time for me to retire to my home for the night. Then Isis shows up. Believe me, if you ever laid eyes on her, you would certainly think about making her your wife. Her body was very ample, bountiful, supple, and best of all, voluptuous. And she had this look that would hypnotize you into doing whatever she told you. And being the young man that I was back then, I did whatever she wanted to do. And when we got back to my quarters…” Slytunkhamen answers as he scratches the back of his head in embarrassment.

“No way… was that how the Cooper Clan got started…?” Sly asks in an amazed tone.

“Yes, it was. And when I got into bed with her, it was like your first time with Carmelita. I could barely walk straight for weeks on end…” Slytunkhamen answers, feeling nostalgic about losing his virginity to Isis.

“Wow. You must’ve really enjoyed yourself when you had your affair with Isis.” Sly says, feeling happy for his very first ancestor.

Yes. But all those happy times came to an end when Horus discovered our affair one year later. Isis was carrying my child and when he learned of our affair, he deemed me traitorous filth and had me imprisoned. And that was hardly the domino that toppled his growing hatred for me.” Slytunkhamen responds in a sad tone.

“What happened?” Sly asks, wanting to know more.

“When I was being tortured and lined up for execution, I had no idea that Isis was a witch who was the daughter of a corrupt nobleman. At the time when I was just trying to survive, I somehow ended up in a conspiracy and I got around to exposing him for his crimes. When the Pharaoh that came before Horus knew about this, he seized all of his assets and presented them as his gift to the people before having him executed. She was spared, but was forced to live amongst the commoners as punishment for living off the wages of those who died for his greed.” Slytunkhamen explains as he gets more melancholic.

“What happened to Isis?” Sly asks, wanting to know what happened to her.

“She gave birth to our child, Slytunkhamen II, and tried to use him as a vessel to corrupt and destroy Horus while I was still in the dungeon. And eventually, she succeeded. Around the time that I didn’t know what was going on before my death, she snuck into the cell with our child and took us far away as Egypt slowly decayed while Horus cursed us and eventually became Clockwerk.” Slytunkhamen answers once more with a melancholic tone.

“Did Clockwerk know?” Sly asks.

“No. At least… not until Isis gave birth. When Clockwerk learned of this, he was blinded by rage and attempted to kill me. Then she used Slytunkhamen II as a vessel to hold him off with her magic. Pretty soon, whatever was left of the Horus that I knew was dead. Now… there was only Clockwerk. I fled with Isis and Slytunkhamen II as Horus lost his mind and we lived in a small oasis until he found and killed me and Isis while Slytunkhamen II was six years old. But at that point, the Thievius Raccoonus had already been made and he received it before me and my wife were murdered.” Slytunkhamen answers in a melancholic tone.

“Wow… all that over a woman. Hopefully, it never comes to that.” Sly says, feeling a little fearful.

“I’ve watched how you were around Carmelita. I used to be that way around Isis. Needless to say, she got me to lighten up. Even if she was a witch who destroyed my relationship with Horus. Plus, it’s good to see that a fellow Cooper has inherited my taste for canine women.” Slytunkhamen says as he scratches the back of his head.

“Yeah. They are so friendly to be around and their bodies are something to die for.” Sly chuckles as he muses about Carmelita and the Diamond Dogs.

“Anyway… there is something I have to teach you before I must leave. And that is my Invisibility Technique. I used to use it while sneaking into the female side of the bath house as a child. Though Isis was immune to my technique since she was a witch, she entertained the idea that she couldn’t see me in spite of her keen senses as a dog.” Slytunkhamen says, recalling the times she would stand in front of him.

“Sweet. So how do I use it?” Sly asks, wanting to know its properties.

“Well, you need to crouch and stand absolutely still before activating it. There is a variation where you can use it without having to remain still, but it has to be in the Kunlun Mountains somewhere.” Slytunkhamen answers.

“Hmm. I think I know who I’m gonna try it on.” Sly says with a smirk.

“I know where Carmelita is. Follow me.” Slytunkhamen says before disappearing.

“Huh? What!?” Sly exclaims as he looks around for the Egyptian Raccoon.

Suddenly, he notices Slytunkhamen on top of the roof of the safehouse. Immediately, Sly starts chasing after him as he gets led from rooftop to rooftop across Paris all the way to Carmelita’s apartment. Racing against the Originator’s spirit, Sly was cheering as he chased after Slytunkhamen and he was looking forward to trying out his new technique on Carmelita. Even after spending time in Nassau, it just wasn’t enough for the raccoon thief. He wanted to spend even more time with the vixen cop and he wanted to sleep with her until he would have to leave for the Kunlun Mountains with his friends. Eventually, they made it to the final rooftop and he notices Carmelita stripping out of her clothes. Watching from a vantage point, Sly says,

“She’s beautiful, isn’t she?” Sly asks with a grin.

“You are nothing like the man you once were. You have grown a taste for the pleasures of the flesh the same way I did when I was with Isis and my other wives.” Slytunkhamen says with a smile on his face.

“Wait… you had multiple wives!?” Sly asks in a baffled tone.

“When me and Isis left, I decided that she wasn’t enough and I decided to take at least fifty more women. Polygamy was still allowed back then and my hormones needed to be settled.” Slytunkhamen answers in an embarrassed tone. “But knowing you, you couldn’t care any less about what the modern laws have to say about that. Have as many children as you can, Sly Cooper. They will make great thieves one day. And one more thing.” Slytunkhamen says as he makes a sad expression.

Sly leans forward to listen.

“Please. Free Horus from that soul-sucking machinery. He is no longer the man I once knew.” Slytunkhamen answers in a regretful tone.

“I have every intention of putting down that damned bird after what he did to my family. And I won’t stop until I get the Thievius Raccoonus back and he’s dead.” Sly answers in a serious tone.

“That is all I ask of you, young Sly. Your parents would be proud of you. Also, I am very impressed at how good you are with cooking and making fashionable clothes.” Slytunkhamen says, noticing the trench coat made from Mz. Ruby’s scales.

“My mom used to engage in arts and crafts. She would always have me join her in learning how to make clothes.” Sly responds with a grin.

“So I see. Well, I must make my way back to Cooper Purgatory. Try not to have too much fun. You still have a duty to perform, Sly Cooper.” Slytunkhamen says before disappearing.

After watching the Egyptian Raccoon disappear, Sly proceeds to jump and vault his way over to Carmelita’s apartment. Sneaking into her window, he watches her undo her underwear and she starts stretching to loosen up her joints. Suddenly, she starts sniffing up the air and she turns around. Noticing what Sly was up to, Carmelita makes a playful smirk and she starts strutting her way towards her bathroom where she turns on the shower head.

Sly, eager to watch Carmelita bath, starts undressing before heading inside to join her. And by the time he heads inside, she is already cleaning herself up and is enjoying her time in the shower. Smiling as he watches her, the raccoon attempts to sneak up on the naked vixen cop and wrap his arms around her waist. However, she seemed to have already noticed what he was planning to do and waited for him to get close to her before grabbing and pinning him to the bath tub.

“You really didn’t think I wouldn’t know you were trying to sneak into my apartment naked~?” Carmelita asks in a flirtatious manner.

“I just thought that I would surprise you~.” Sly answers in a playful tone.

“I should have you arrested for sexual assault~.” the vixen cop responds with a giggle.

“Oh, come on~. Just think of it as a welcome home surprise~.” Sly responds with a grin.

“Then how’s this for a surprise~?” Carmelita responds before kissing him passionately.

Immediately, the both of them started having sex in the shower. They both get up and Sly immediately slips his cock into Carmelita’s anus before anally fucking her. After ejaculating and cleaning themselves up, they proceeded to have sex with each other for one whole week before resting.

Notes:

Okay, so I finally recovered from Jet Lag and now I can finally focus on getting the arc for Fire in the Sky started. I decided to give Clockwerk a little backstory and while it may ruin the mystique surrounding him, I think that's what would really happen to him if there was ever a remake or a movie with the Happy Bird Man. I did the same thing for Slytunkhamen and I think it worked out pretty well for him. Plus, I thought it would be a nice way for him and Sly to share something in common with their shared love for canine females and whatnot. But I digress. Anyway, I'm just about halfway finished with the story and when this is over, I'm gonna go back and work on Green Martyr, Fallen Angel. I'm going to be undoing a certain chapter and I will somewhat lighten the mood, but I'm not going to take away what made the story special. So look forward to that and the mayhem that will be starting up pretty soon in Fire in the Sky. I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see all of you later.

Edit: I decided to change Isis's species to an Anubian Jackal. It makes her look more alluring and divine that way.

Chapter 27: Spear

Summary:

Having spent the entire week with Carmelita once again, Sly contemplates everything that happened in his life...

One week later after copious amounts of sex, Sly was laying bed with Carmelita after orgasming for the final time. The raccoon thief was tired and he was looking forward to relaxing with the vixen cop in bed. Watching her move on top of his pelvis as he held onto her hips, Carmelita pants,

“I-I’m getting close~! I can’t-!”

*SPLURT~!!!!!*

After releasing his final load into her, Sly takes the time to breathe while Carmelita collapses on top of him. Holding onto her and grabbing her ass as he recovered, the raccoon thief looks at the vixen cop and asks,

“Do you ever think about quitting Interpol? You’ll have a place with us in the Cooper Gang.”

“I would, but I am very focused on my career~. If Inspector Barkley found out that I was in bed with you, I would be arrested immediately~. Besides, wouldn’t it be wise to have a woman on the inside~?” Carmelita responds as she holds onto him.

“Okay, that’s a good point. Still, having you by my side along with my wives would be a bonus since we’re pretty connected through the Underworld now.” Sly says as he kisses her neck.

“But if it should ever come down to it, I wouldn’t mind living with you and your friends~. Wouldn’t be a bad thing to stir up the pot~.” Carmelita responds as she wraps her left leg around his waist.

*RING!!!!* *RING!!!!* *RING!!!!!*

Interrupted by the sound of the ringing telephone on her lamppost, Carmelita reaches over to grab it while Sly remains in bed. Answering the call, the vixen cop asks,

“This is Inspector Carmelita Fox. What’s the-!? Oh. It’s for you.”

Carmelita hands the phone over to Sly and he answers the call.

“Hello?” Sly asks before getting barraged by the screaming voice of the genius turtle.

“WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN!?!?!? I HAVE BEEN-!!!!!!” Bentley screams before the raccoon thief hangs up on him.

“I better get moving. Lord knows how angry Bentley will get if I don’t get back on time.” Sly says as he leaves bed to get dressed.

“Oh, fuck Bentley~. Why not just spend the whole day with me~? We could have breakfast in bed, watch TV together, and ignore calls all day… we can do what we want, you know~.” Carmelita teases as she shows him her body.

“I would, but Bentley has my canes and duty calls. But we can do all that once my business with the Fiendish Five is concluded.” Sly answers as he puts his pants and black tank top back on.

“Bentley is so uptight~. You really need to tell him to lighten up sometimes~.” Carmelita says as she gets out of bed.

“Yeah, well… he always lights up whenever I’m late.” Sly responds as he gets his leather jacket on.

Donning his domino mask and his hat, Sly makes his way towards Carmelita’s window. But before he could leave, she grabs his arms and she says,

“I’ll see you in China, Ringtail~.”

“And I’ll be seeing you later, gorgeous~.”

After kissing each other goodbye for now, Sly leaps out the window and parkours his way across the rooftops. As he leaps from building to building, the raccoon thief starts thinking about his future. He has multiple fiancees to marry and multiple children on the way. If he were to live anywhere, it would either have to be in a huge mansion devoid of any contact or an island where no one, not even Interpol, can bother him. And there was also the wedding ceremony and the reception… there was so much for him to think about and he needed to be ready for anything that could transpire as an assault on the happiest day of his life. But when Sly got back to the safehouse, he was met with an angry, cross-armed Bentley and Murray happily waving at him. Landing on the ground, Sly walks over to meet with them.

“I take it that my canes have been upgraded?” Sly asks as he stretches his limbs.

“They have.” Bentley answers as he sharply inhales.

“Is this about Carmelita…?” Sly asks in an annoyed tone.

“No, it’s about the daisies that need watering. OF COURSE I’M TALKING ABOUT CARMELITA!!!!!” Bentley answers in an angry, sarcastic voice.

“Oh, my God! Would you lighten up!? I was just spending some time with her while I let you do your thing behind the scenes! A man needs to let loose every once in a while!” Sly responds as he heads inside.

“Oh, you let loose inside her, alright.” Bentley says in a snide voice.

“Are you gonna give me my canes back or what!?” Sly asks, starting to get angry.

Rolling his eyes, Bentley heads into his workshop and proceeds to retrieve the canes for Sly. After grabbing them, the genius turtle hands them to the raccoon thief before saying,

“Combine your canes.”

“Hmm?” Sly wonders in confusion.

Deciding to try it out, the raccoon thief puts them together and they effectively turn into a large spear with some sort of lightning rod on the opposite end.

“Whoa. So you turned it into a spear?” Sly asks, looking at the sharpened blade.

“I made that spear with a very strong alloy that can pierce through anything. It’s also got a conductor that can store up electricity. But there is a massive catch to using that much electricity.” Bentley explains.

“What’s the catch?” Sly asks.

“Well… you have to be very close to the power source when the lightning strikes. Otherwise, you are gonna be fried from six ways to Sunday.” Bentley answers in a grim tone.

“Great.” Sly responds as he looks at his weapon upgrade.

“But look at it this way - with your new powers coming, thanks to the pages of the Thievius Raccoonus, you are a couple steps away from becoming the very thief you will be very soon. Even Clockwerk will start to think twice about how much you have been outsmarting him very often now. And another thing - I’ve got an extra set of daggers modelled from your mother’s and they are almost done.” Bentley responds, trying to bring up his best friend’s spirits.

“Thanks… I’m gonna give this a trial run.” Sly says before heading outside.

The raccoon thief heads outside to try out his spear upgrade while his best friends follow after him as always. Standing in the middle of the practice area once again, Murray hits the record button on the camera while Bentley sets the drones on attack mode. Immediately, the genius turtle sets the robots after the raccoon thief and he jumps out of the way before slicing through the first one.

“Whoa!” Bentley exclaims.

“Holy shit!” Murray shouts in an impressed tone.

Spinning his spear incredibly fast, Sly proceeds to slice through several more of the robots as they all try to gang up on him. But his sharp senses and tenacious nature see through all of their attacks and he attacks them all one by one. Jumping and moving through all of them with his attacks, it was becoming very clear - Sly was getting stronger.

“I’ll be right back, Murray! I gotta put some of the finishing touches on the daggers! Keep recording until Sly is finished!” Bentley says before heading back into the safehouse.

“Got it!” Murray responds as he gives the genius turtle a thumbs-up.

Continuing to record the entire thing, Sly was going through all the robots in a matter of minutes. Watching all of this had Murray thinking about himself being on the field with his best friend, fighting bad guys and stealing all sorts of stuff from them. He could be the big guy, fending off the thugs from ever touching him. But could he do it? All these times as he watched Pro Wrestling and MMA bouts on illegal cable, Murray was inspired by these big, bombastic speeches the wrestlers would make and he would always imagine himself as the superhero in these scenarios. All of which never came to fruition throughout his life as a pizza delivery boy.

“Whoa! You’re on fire, Sly!” Murray cheers as he watches him work.

Spinning his spear around, the raccoon thief stabs through them before delivering some spinning kicks and ducking down to cut their legs off. Moving and dancing around, the raccoon thief was coming very close and he was down to the last three robots.

“Keep ‘em coming!” Sly shouts in a confident tone.

Just then, Bentley comes running out of the safehouse with a wrapped gift in hand. But by the time he got out, Sly was already finished with the robots.

“Whoa! I’m gonna have to build more robots!” Bentley says as he wipes the sweat off his forehead.

“You always find a way to impress me, Bentley! No matter how many upgrades you give my canes, you always somehow blow me away!” Sly shouts, very happy with his upgrades.

“Glad to hear it. Because I’ve got something else I wanna give you.” Bentley says as he holds out the gift.

Sly takes the cloth and unwraps it to reveal a pair of daggers with the C-shape for handles.

“Whoa! My mom had a pair like these! Did you make these?” Sly asks, impressed with the craftsmanship.

“It took some time during the whole week while you were busy with Carmelita, but I took the liberty of modelling these off Selena Cooper’s daggers and while they were very intricate in design, I was finally able to get them completed while frustratingly looking over the pictures for good reference.” Bentley explains as he rubs his tired eyes.

“You always go so far for me… even when it’s already done…” Sly says as he looks at the daggers.

“Yeah, well… I can’t always keep an eye on you forever. More and more, you just keep chewing right through the Fiendish Five without breaking a sweat. I don’t know how me and even Murray can ever help you.” Bentley says while holding out the daggers.

Taking the daggers off his hands, Sly holds them back-handed before proceeding to swipe with them like a boxer. Slashing and stabbing the air as he tosses them up in the sky, Sly was quickly getting used to them before finally ending in his usual stance. Both Bentley and Murray clapped when he finished.

“So when do we leave?” Sly asks as he sheathes the daggers before placing them behind his back.

“Right now. Get everything ready. We’re going to China.” Bentley answers in a serious tone.

Immediately, just like before, they all gather their belongings and they proceed to drive out to China. As they drove, Sly thought about the Panda King, his father’s old friend. One time when he was four years old and he was visiting Japan, he remembered seeing a huge Panda enter the dojo and he would greet Master Musashi as well as Connor and McSweeney. Sly didn’t feel particularly close to him, but he would always remember the Panda King smiling at him and would often show his fireworks to him. He was very heartbroken when he saw him betray his father during the night he lost everything.

“It’s gonna be rough for you, isn’t it?” Bentley asks.

“Huh? What?” Sly responds, being snapped out of his train of thought.

“You had a history with the Panda King, right?” Bentley reiterates.

“I mean… I didn’t know him that well at the time. He would always teach me his Kung-Fu Arts combined with fireworks and he would even show his own whenever a festival started. From what my dad has told me, the Panda King used to be a traveling firework merchant before losing his wife in the avalanches thanks to the nobles above him.” Sly says, letting out a sigh of anger.

“It couldn’t have been easy for you when he showed up with Clockwerk that stormy morning.” Murray says as he continues to drive.

“No. It wasn’t. But we’re on our way to the Kunlun Mountains in Western China. And the Panda King is going to pay for what he did to us…” Sly responds in an angry tone.

. . .

In the cold, snowy climate of the Kunlun Mountains, a large, curvy female Panda carrying a large spear with a crescent blade on the opposite end opens her eyes and she jumps from point to point as she makes her way up to a huge statue. After landing inside, she finds a huge, muscular Panda meditating in the middle of his hideout. And before she could alert him, he says,

“Jing King… I trust that you know what is about to happen.”

“Father… Sly Cooper is on his way. What do you want me to do?” Jing King asks.

“Test him. I want to see how strong Sly Cooper has grown without his canes. He will be fighting the honorable Panda King. We will not have Clockwerk intervene with our quarry. Prepare the men for combat.” the Giant Panda says as steam rises out of his body.

“As you wish, father.” Jing King says before disappearing.

After hearing her disappear, the Panda King gets off the ground and heads toward the edge of his statue to look at the cold blizzard of the Kunlun Mountains.

“I hope you are watching, Connor Cooper.” the Panda King says in a regretful tone.

Notes:

It took a bit of time, but I finally got this chapter finished. The Fire in the Sky Arc is going to be IMMENSELY action-packed and it's going to be showcasing Sly's combat prowess as a Cooper. Since you've already guessed that he is going to be losing his canes for most of the Fire in the Sky Arc, he will be using his daggers. However, he will also be using a weapon that will be quick-moving and will compliment his fighting style as a Cooper. Get ready for a lot of blood and broken bones and prepare for some emotional turmoil that will be going on with the Panda King and it's going to be an immensely fun Arc to write. But I digress. I will be working on redoing the Green Martyr, Fallen Angel next week and I will make sure that it's wholesome for a bit before I get gritty on the Summer Camp Arc. It's going to be erotic and fun. Anyway, I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see all of you later.

Chapter 28: Kunlun Mountains

Summary:

Stepping out of the Cooper Van, Sly gets ready for the fight of his life as he heads up the Kunlun Mountains...

It took them weeks, but the Cooper Gang finally made it over to the Kunlun Mountains in Western China. There was a lot of snow and it made traversing very hard, but thanks to the modified tires Murray had installed over the week, they were able to get through the rocks and snow just fine. As far as the weather, it was extremely cold and it made Sly wear the trench coat Bentley commissioned as well as the new trench coat he made for himself from Mz. Ruby’s scale along with the hat. Jumping out of the Getaway Van, Sly proceeds to head through a clear patch of land that wasn’t covered in snow. Looking ahead through his binocucom, the raccoon thief saw how far ahead and treacherous the path was.

“Is that a statue…?” Sly asks himself as he looks through his binocucom.

Zooming ahead, it was a large statue of a Giant Panda wearing a mask with a hat on top of his head and he was sitting with his legs crossed. Looking further, he saw bright lights inside the head and it instantly clicked for the raccoon thief.

“Panda King…” Sly growls as he puts his binocucom away.

Knowing where the path is, the raccoon thief proceeds to move ahead and he treks through the snowy path ahead. It was mostly clear, but the path had some snow ahead and it hampered Sly a bit as he walked. Nevertheless, he would find multiple icicles on top of him and he would have to make sure to avoid getting impaled from above. Continuing to move ahead, the raccoon thief was making good progress. However, the statue was very far ahead and he knew that it was gonna be a long while before he could reach the Panda King and get the pages to the Thievius Raccoonus back.

“I sure hope I don’t get frostbite after this.” Sly says to himself as he continues to walk.

“Frostbite should be the least of your worries.” a dignified female voice responds out of nowhere.

“That voice!” Sly exclaims before looking up to see a female Giant Panda standing from a spire and carrying a spear with a crescent blade on the opposite end.

“It’s been a long time… Sly Cooper.” the female Giant Panda responds.

Immediately remembering who she was when they were both children, Sly pulls out his canes and points his right one directly at her as he growls,

“Jing King…”

“So you do remember me.” Jing King says before jumping down from the spire.

Landing directly on the ground, she elegantly walks towards him as she says,

“You remember the day that we first met when I traveled with my father all the way to Kyoto? I was immediately enamored the first time that I saw you. So much so that grabbed and kissed you on the lips. You were so flustered that day and my father chastened me for making such advances on you. This nostalgia is as tight as the belt around my waist and I would always tackle you whenever you were practicing or you were trying to hide from me.”

“You were too clingy to me at the time.”

“Yes. I was… very attached to you. So much so that I needed to be barred whenever you were practicing. I remembered you learning various weapons in the dojo. You practiced with the kusarigama all the way to twin katana. But the one weapon I remember you wielding and practicing with was the three-section staff. You were very eloquent with the other weapons in the way you practiced them, but the way you wielded the three-section staff was like watching a movie. It was so… elegant.” Jing King says as gets closer to him.

But before Sly could attack, Jing King parries him with her double-bladed weapon before grabbing and kissing him on the lips.

*Smooch~!*

“Mmh!?” Sly exclaims as he tries pushing her away to no avail.

Using this distraction to her advantage, the female panda grabs the canes before jumping and kicking the raccoon thief away as she lands back on the spire she was previously watching him from.

“I know why you are here, Sly Cooper! But as I’m sure you are aware, nothing in life comes cheap! If you want your canes as well as your revenge against my father, you must earn them! Get to my father’s statue and you shall be rewarded! Fail, and only death as well as failure awaits you!” Jing King shouts before leaping away.

Getting off the ground, Sly spits out the saliva he tasted from Jing King and wipes off the kiss before he curses,

“Ursid bitch…”

Getting back on his feet, Sly takes a deep breath before looking on ahead and scaling his chances against the path ahead. After that, the raccoon thief places his left finger on the earpiece before he says,

“Bentley, I’m gonna be going on ahead. I gotta get my canes back.”

“Understood, partner. Be careful.” Bentley responds through the earpiece.

“Can do.” Sly says before signing off.

Stretching and cracking his limbs, the raccoon thief presses forward ahead. It would take a half-hour to get ahead, but Sly stumbles into a small village where it was mostly empty and there were some people around. But then he notices some chained, nude corpses on a sign written in blood that read in Chinese Noblemen. Shocked at the brutality of the carcasses, Sly mutters,

“My God…”

Suddenly, Sly gets ambushed by a random thug behind him. But having sniffed him out without looking, the raccoon thief counters and throws him over his shoulder before breaking his right arm.

*SNAP!!!*

“AUGH!!!!!” the thug screams before passing out.

After taking out the first thug, Sly is suddenly surrounded by monkeys, boars, rats, roosters, dogs, and oxes. They were carrying clubs, swords, sickles, spears, and bo staffs. But amongst them stood a muscular snow leopard wearing a pair of shorts and an open Tangzhuang with a tanktop that exposed his abs. Towering above Sly, the snow leopard carried a three-section staff with a dragon theme to it and the mouths had jade orbs on the ends.

“So… this is the man that the great and glorious Panda King has dispatched us to kill!? This must be a joke on a cosmic scale! Do away with this raccoon!” the snow leopard laughs as he orders his men to kill the raccoon thief.

As the thugs charge at Sly, he immediately jumps into the sky and he hits the second thug in the face with a flying kick. Landing on the ground, Sly looks up and notices a dog attempting to slice him up with a Dao before getting palm-striked by him in the chest. As the dog falls, the Dao flies in the sky and Sly catches it as it falls before him and slices right through the next thug.

*SLASH!!!!!*

Sly cut through the dog so deep that the blade was stuck and he moved to the next thug who was a monkey carrying a pair of tiger-themed jian on him and swinging them wildly as he charged towards the raccoon thief. Noticing what he was about to do, Sly ducks out of the way before grabbing the monkey’s wrists and tossing him over his shoulders and snapping his wrists in the process.

*SNAP!!!!!*

“AUGH!!!!!” the monkey screams as he drops his dual jian.

Immediately, Sly picks them up and he quickly counters a boar before slicing him up with the jian. Moving towards the next set of thugs, the raccoon thief cuts and slices through several more of them. Moving and jumping around, he easily dispatched them like practice dummies. Finally after cutting through the ox, all that was left was the snow leopard and he was grinning as he looked at Sly. Chuckling as he looked at the raccoon thief, he brandished the three-section staff before wildly swinging it around before getting into a fighting stance with his weapon.

“So I am your final opponent. You’ve done well to get past my men… if only to prolong your inevitable demise. Now… feel the wrath of the GREAT DRAGON!!!!!” the snow leopard screams before charging at the raccoon thief.

Immediately, Sly charges directly at the Great Dragon before sliding underneath him and cutting his legs. But due to the thick musculature of his legs, the snow leopard barely felt anything other than a scar and hit Sly in the stomach with his three-section staff, causing him to fly into the house.

“GAH!!!!! Holy shit…” Sly curses as he coughs out some blood.

But before the raccoon thief could recover, he notices the snow leopard charging at him with his Great Dragon Staff. At a split second, Sly dodges out of the way before grabbing the jian and getting into a fighting stance. Grinning at the raccoon thief for dodge him, the snow leopard says,

“This is the second time that you dodged my swing. Every opponent that I faced outside of the Kings was never able to dodge my furious attacks.”

“Get used to disappointment.” Sly responds as he stretches.

“You have the strength and reflexes of a young man, yet you have the mouth of a child. I am amazed that your mother and father haven’t disciplined you for your disrespect. So, young Cooper… what will your last words be as you stand before the Great Dragon?” the snow leopard asks as he points his three-section staff at the raccoon thief.

“I’ll tell them to your boss after I kill you.” Sly responds as he points the left jian at the snow leopard.

“Such arrogance is sorely misplaced. But I will admit that I find your spirit admirable, if somewhat flawed. Still, I will send you off to your ancestors when I smash you with my Great Dragon Staff… Sly Cooper.” the snow leopard responds before charging at the raccoon thief once more.

Watching the snow leopard’s movements, Sly waited for him to swing the right stave in the air before attempting to hit him with it. But immediately, the raccoon thief parries the attack and swings the jian directly at the snow leopard. But the Great Dragon didn’t yield and he swung his three-section staff at Sly and he tried to bludgeon him with his jade orbs attached to the mouths of the Chinese Dragons. Jumping out of the house, the raccoon thief keeps a close eye on the movements of the snow leopard and tries to figure out how to counter him again. Moving and swinging furiously, the Great Dragon attempts to hit Sly again.

“Take this!!!!” the snow leopard shouts as he swings his three-section staff at him.

Ducking and dodging as fast as he can, Sly was looking for an opening to take out the Great Dragon. Keeping an eye on his movements, the raccoon thief noticed that the snow leopard was using propeller spins and he would always follow up with figure 8 spins alongside butterfly spins. Keeping his cool, Sly waits for the perfect moment.

“DIE!!!!” the Great Dragon screams as he raises the three-section staff into the sky.

But before anything could happen, Sly immediately rushes forward and stabs the Great Dragon straight through the abdomen before following up with a stab to the heart. Watching the three-section staff fall into the air, Sly grabs the weapon and hits the snow leopard’s head so hard that it gets bludgeoned. Taking a look at the three-section staff, he asks,

“So this is the Great Dragon…?”

Deciding to give it a shot, Sly starts spinning the Great Dragon Staff around to get a feel of its power and speed. Deciding to get even more creative and fun with it, the raccoon thief spins the weapon over his head before doing a couple leg sweeps and jumping into the air to deliver a powerful strike to the ground. Then Sly pulls the weapon back and uses the staves as eskrima fighting sticks.

“Whoa-hoa!” Sly exclaims as he practices with his new weapon.

Swinging them around, the raccoon thief felt himself get even more hyped up as he played with the weapon a little more before following up with a few kicks to the air before landing on the ground and ending with a pose of him holding up the staves with the right one above his head and the left one pointed directly at Panda King’s statue. Chuckling at the weapon, Sly says,

“I think I’m gonna keep this weapon for a while. Plus, those jian swords aren’t so bad themselves.”

Heading over to the Great Dragon’s corpse after placing the three-section staff on his back, he flips it over and pulls the jian swords out before heading to the monkey’s corpse to sheathe the swords. But just as he was about to head even further to the Panda King’s Statue, Sly suddenly hears,

“COOPER!!!!!!”

Already knowing what was about to happen, Sly gets ready to make a run for it. But suddenly, fireworks started hitting Clockwerk all over and he could barely get any closer to the raccoon thief. He was getting bombarded so hard that the mechanical owl had no other choice but to turn the other way and fly away.

“Why would…?” Sly asks as he turns to the source of the fireworks.

Already realizing what the Panda King was trying to do, Sly places the weapons on his back as he says to himself,

“A little trial-by-combat, huh…? This should be fun.”

With the assurance that Clockwerk won’t be interfering this time, Sly proceeds to move forward to his next fight.

Notes:

Alright, so let me unpack this - Sly Cooper and Jing King had history together. I will be going through a few flashbacks and I will be showing how she used to love him until her father's betrayal and being forced to work with him. And as you can already see, Clockwerk has been driven back by the Panda King. This is gonna be a straight-up Fighting Arc and it's going to be combat-heavy. Sly will be fighting his way to the Panda King and he is going to be learning what it's truly like to be a Cooper without his Canes. And he will be a force to be reckoned with as far as his new weapons go. I was originally gonna stick to the three-section staff, but I decided to give Sly dual Jian and he is going to be fighting with variety. It's gonna be super-fast and super-kinetic. So get ready for one of the most fun arcs you have ever witnessed. I will figure out a way to bring Carmelita in, but this is gonna be one big brawl with Sly. That having been said, I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see all of you later.

Chapter 29: Sorrow

Summary:

Watching from the statue in the mountains, the Panda King receives Sly's Canes from his daughter, Jing King...

Standing inside his statue as he watches from the mountains, the Panda King suddenly notices Jing King jump inside the base before being presented with Sly's canes.

“Here are the canes as you ordered, father.” Jing King says as she bows to him.

“Excellent, daughter. How is Sly’s progress?” the Panda King asks as he takes them out of her hands.

“He is exceeding my expectations. Pretty soon, he will be your worthy opponent.” Jing King answers in a confident voice.

“Arrogance invites damage, humility benefits. Sly Cooper has a long way to go before he can face me. But if his victories over the members of the Fiendish Five have anything to prove, he is an enemy not to be trifled with. And the reason why they are either dead or in prison is because they underestimated him. When you confront him again, be wary of whatever brute strength and trickery he possesses. He is not the Sly Cooper I once knew.” the Panda King before suddenly hearing a call from his TV Monitor connected to the computer servers.

Upon realizing who it is, the Panda King orders,

“Return to the village and keep me updated on Sly’s progress.”

“Yes, father.” Jing King responds as she bows before jumping out of the base.

After watching her leave, the Panda King heads to the monitor and presses the Enter Key on the keyboard, activating the TV Monitor to show a badly-damaged and angry Clockwerk on the screen.

“WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!?!?!? HE IS MY PREY!!!!!!” Clockwerk asks, demanding to know why the Fiery Panda intervened.

“This quarrel is between me and Sly Cooper. I will not have you get in the way of the boy’s progress as he proves himself as a Cooper.” the Panda King answers with a serious expression.

“THIS IS NOT FOR NEGOTIATION!!!!!! THANKS TO YOU, THAT DAMNED RACCOON IS GOING TO DESTROY EVERYTHING WE WORKED FOR!!!!!!!!” Clockwerk screams as he starts auto-repairing. “AFTER I KILL SLY COOPER AND ERASE HIS LINEAGE, I WILL SEE TO IT THAT I SCRAMBLE YOUR DAUGHTER’S INSIDES!!!!!!!” the mechanical owl threatens while going through a lot of pain.

Hearing this makes the Panda King ignite balls of fire in the palms of his hands as he glares at Clockwerk.

“You underestimate the love of a father. If you return to my home, I will fire upon a thousand fireworks until you are destroyed. If you head to my sister’s home, I will burn off your wings and sell them for scrap. And lastly, if I ever see anywhere near Jing King, I will do to you what I should’ve done long ago when you invaded my house. I promise you, Clockwerk - Sly Cooper will be my prize, not yours.” the Panda King threatens as he fully ignites himself on fire.

Having realized that the Panda King wasn’t kidding around, Clockwerk huffs and grudgingly responds,

“Fine. But know this - even if you face up to your past, you will be facing a future of no forgiveness from Sly Cooper when he eventually confronts you for your transgressions against him. And when this is over, you will never be able to face your family ever again.”

“Quiet, bird.” the Panda King responds before signing off.

After shutting the computer off, the Panda King takes a deep breath as he settles into clarity. Turning around, he heads to the edge of the statue and starts to remember the first time that he met Sly Cooper.

. . .

Walking through Kyoto as he carried his luggage alongside his fireworks with Jing King by his side, the Panda King was making his way to Master Musashi’s temple as he looked forward to greeting the Coopers. While it was unfortunate that his wife had to stay back home to watch his firework business back in China, he didn’t mind since she was always steadfast and would make sure to handle his store while he was away on business. It also meant that he could spend time with his beloved daughter, Jing King. Having made their way to the temple, they were immediately greeted by Master Musashi.

“Irasshaimase! It’s so good to see you again, Panda King!” Master Musashi greets upon seeing the Fiery Panda.

“It has been a long time, Master Musashi. How have you been?” the Panda King responds in a warm manner as he and his daughter bow to him.

“Oh, you know, always tending the gardens, making sure the students don’t get into trouble, and doing everything I can to keep my temple. How was your flight? I bet security didn’t take well to you bringing your fireworks on the plane.” Master Musashi says as he breaks the ice.

“There was a lot of litigation from security when I told them that I was on business. They wouldn’t let me and my daughter board until I answered all their questions and filled out their documents. Chinese Security can be so invasive.” the Panda King explains as he cracks his limbs.

“I bet. Anyway, come on. Connor is already here with his son.” Master Musashi says as he proceeds to help the Fiery Panda with his luggage and fireworks.

“I look forward to meeting Sly Cooper. And I’m sure that Jing King will be happy to have a new playmate while we’re here for the week.” the Panda King says as they make their way to the entrance.

“Yes. But before we head inside, Sly is in the middle of practice in martial arts. So I would patiently ask the both of you to wait until he finishes his training for the day, which should be any moment now.” Master Musashi says before opening the door.

“We understand. But may we observe Sly’s practice? I think I could give a lesson in Kung-Fu.” the Panda King asks, curious about his practice.

“Of course. Follow me.” Master Musashi answers with a chuckle as he leads them inside his temple.

Heading through the temple, they walk through the hallway as they are greeted by the monks, servants, and students as they all bow to them. And in the background, they could hear the sound of a weapon swinging. Curious as to what is going on, the Panda King and Jing King head further to find a young Sly Cooper practicing with a three-section staff, swinging and spinning it around as sweat trickles out of his fur. The Panda King was very intrigued by his fighting style.

“Very impressive. I remember watching some Tibetan Monks train in martial arts during my youth. What are you teaching him?” the Panda King asks.

“Everything that me and Connor knew as Coopers. Sly is making very fast progress with his training. I would hardly be surprised if he became a third-degree black belt of any martial arts school he would attend.” Master Musashi answers with pride in his voice.

“Yes. His skills are very commendable for a boy his age.” the Panda King says with a smile on his face.

But as they were watching, Jing King, who is two years older than Sly, grew enamored with Sly as he continued to practice with the three-section staff. He was fast, confident, strong, everything that no girl her age would ever dream of in her lifetime. She could feel hearts forming in her pupils as she watched and she couldn’t stop thinking of how dreamy he looked as he moved. It was like watching a rabbit and a crane intertwined in their dance with one another as they traverse the land. Watching the young raccoon jump back as he spins around the three-section staff some more, he spins and twirls it around before pulling off a pose.

*Smooch~!*

Suddenly out of nowhere, Sly was kissed on the lips by a random panda girl who was a few inches taller than him. Picking him up with her own natural strength as a giant panda and hugging him, she keeps a tight lock on him as she kisses him. And even though he tried to break away from her, the poor raccoon kit’s strength was no match for a female giant panda as she locked lips with him until he was pulled away by her father.

“JING KING!!!! What is the meaning of this!?” the Panda King asks in a reprimanding tone.

“Love at first sight is what it was. I’m just happy that my nephew’s back hasn’t been broken, though I do wish that Jing King would exercise some restraint.” Master Musashi answers with a chuckle as he dusts off the poor young raccoon kit.

But before Sly knew it, he was suddenly glomped into another hug by Jing King once more and she had a very tight grip on him. She was deeply in love with him and she had no intention of letting him go, even as he felt his body break from her strong grasp before she started kissing him once more, prompting the Panda King to break him away from Jing King’s grasp as he took her to the hallway to reprimand her for sexually-harassing Sly in Chinese while Master Musashi comforts the boy. When he is finished, the Panda King takes a deep breath before walking back out to greet the young raccoon kit.

“My apologies for my daughter’s foolishness. She was just so enamoured by your movements that she couldn’t wait to introduce herself. I hope you can find it within yourself to forgive her and start over.” the Panda King says as he bows to them.

“Um… well…” Sly mutters as he covers his mouth in embarrassment.

“Don’t worry. Sly’s just very shy with girls outside his family. He knew that Jing King meant no harm by her affections. So I hope you were planning to introduce yourselves?” Master Musashi asks in a casual tone.

“Yes. I am the Panda King and this is my daughter, Jing King. I assume that you are now acquainted with her.” the Fiery Panda says in a slightly embarrassed tone.

“I-I…” SLy says as he tries to find the correct words.

“We can discuss this over lunch. You two must’ve had a long flight, so you must be starving. Follow me. You too, Sly.” Musashi says as he leads the way.

As the Panda King follows Musashi, Jing King grabs Sly and hugs him while they follow as hearts pop out. She was deeply in love with him at first sight and she wanted him to be her boyfriend, much to his dismay.

. . .

Remembering the day that it all happened, the Panda King forms a small smile upon recalling Musashi and the first time he saw Jing King stealing Sly’s first kiss. He remembered how angry he was at her for embarrassing him in front of the Coopers and he clearly recalled telling her that he didn’t remember raising his daughter like that. But that never stopped her from falling in love with Sly and she would just hold onto him whenever he was finished training. In fact, he remembers training the young raccoon kit on his second day in Kyoto.

. . .

Walking around the pagoda as he admired the cherry blossoms with his daughter, the Panda King was enjoying the scenery and he wanted to enjoy this moment of peace before he would have to go and sell his fireworks to his customers. But as he walked, he took notice of Sly doing a form of martial arts and he was in the middle of it. Curious, the Panda King walks through the pathway of the Zen Garden while Jing King eagerly follows him to watch Sly move with a flying spin kick and he was wielding a pair of katanas. After landing on the ground, the young raccoon kit stabs the air with his right katana before slowly raising them in the air as he brings them down before bowing and sheathing them.

“Very impressive, young one.” the Panda King says with a warm smile. “How long has your father been training you?” he asks as his daughter happily stands by his side, wanting to learn about him.

“Since I was four years old.” Sly answers, feeling somewhat intimidated by the sheer size of the Fiery Panda.

“I see. Have you ever heard of Kung-Fu?” the Panda King asks, clearly interested by Sly’s progress.

“I have. I only learned a bit of it, though. Master Musashi told me that I am learning every martial art little by little.” Sly answers as he scratches the back of his head.

“Hmm. Then perhaps it is time that I teach you my own style of Kung-Fu. But I must warn you; it is much more advanced than you will ever know and it will take patience and skill if you wish to understand the beauty of my firework technique known as Flame-Fu.” the Panda King responds in a serious tone.

“Firework techniques? Can’t say I’ve ever heard of such a martial art. Will I catch on fire?” Sly asks.

“In a way. But your fire is stronger than you realize, Sly Cooper. And I, the Panda King, will show you the ways of Flame-Fu!” he exclaims as he claps his hands together to perform palms of fire in his hands.

“Whoa…” Sly mutters in amazement.

“Now… let us get back to your training. Jing King will be your opponent for today.” the Panda King says, causing his daughter’s eyes to light up with joy.

“What!? But what if she crushes me!?” Sly whines, remembering what happened to him yesterday.

“If you do not face the fire, you will not understand my way of life, Sly Cooper. Now get ready.” the Panda King says in a stern voice.

Left with no choice, Sly is forced to face his admirer, Jing King, as they get ready for a sparring match against each other.

. . .

Flashing back to the present, the Panda King says in a sorrowful tone as he now knows that those days are long past and he has to face his sins head-on. Looking down at the mountain, the Panda King says,

“Show me your fire… Sly Cooper.”

Notes:

I'm sorry I took so long with this, but there was just so much to get done and I lost track of time. Anyway, I might do a chapter where Jing King remembers how she fell in love with Sly and wants him by her side and whatnot. That all having been said, I might think about doing a Batman story where our Caped Crusader takes on Siltrics The Bat and bring him to justice one day. I saw the videos about him, especially the one from Universal Wisdom. I'll leave a link below in the description. They were just some random thoughts and I just thought I should share. Anyway, I rambled long enough. I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see all of you later.

Chapter 30: Restaurant

Summary:

Having made it into the next village, Sly is suddenly greeted by Interpol Officers...

Moving across the snowy paths of the village in the Kunlun Mountains, Sly Cooper was making a dash towards the Panda King’s compound. After what happened back at the first village, the raccoon thief wasn’t going to take any chances this time and he was ready for just about anything that would come his way. Taking the weapons that he accumulated for him, Sly continued to venture up the mountains.

“HOOOOAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Suddenly, Sly is ambushed by one of the monkeys and brandishes the three-section staff before bludgeoning his head with one of the orb embedded inside the staff. After pulling it back and holstering it in his back, the raccoon thief sniffs out any enemies that could be surrounding him before moving onward. Keeping his instincts sharp, he waits for any thugs to pop out of nowhere and attack him without warning.

*Rustle!*

Hearing the snow move around him. Sly sniffs out the thugs and waits for them to jump out of the snow. Getting into a fighting stance, the raccoon thief waits for the moment to counterattack his enemies.

*FWOOSH!!!!*

Immediately, the Panda King’s thugs jump out of the snow and attempt to attack Sly. But in a flash, the raccoon thief counterattacks and spins the three-section staff around, bludgeoning their heads in and fighting back as more start to appear. Grabbing both lower ends of the sticks, Sly holds them like eskrima sticks and gets ready to fight back.

“Let’s go, Cooper! We’re-!” one thug shouts before getting hit in the head.

Spinning the three-section staff around, Sly moves and runs through the snow as he makes his way into the next village where he is encountered by several Interpol officers led by Winthrop while they were investigating the Panda King’s compound. Noticing him, Winthrop shouts,

“Hands up, Cooper!”

Immediately recognizing him, Sly says,

“Hey, Winthrop? How’s your ex?”

Upon hearing that insult, Winthorp punches the raccoon thief. But then he yelps,

“Ouch! What is your skull made of!?”

“Nerves of steel, weasel.” Sly taunts with a smug smirk.

“Ha, ha, ha. Very funny. When I tell Barkley I found you, I’ll-!” Winthorp says before feeling a cold breeze go through his legs.

Looking down, he notices that Sly undid his pants and shows a pair of boxers with hearts on them, causing his unit to stifle in laughter. But before he could swing or pull his pants up, the raccoon thief reached between his legs with his right cane before shredding his boxers off to humiliate him even further. But before the cops could attack Sly, they are suddenly attacked by the Panda King’s henchmen and an all-out war escalates between them. Deciding to use this conflict to his advantage, Sly runs away as he fights through the enemies that keep running his way.

*Ding!* *Slash!* *Clang!*

Moving through the cops and the henchmen, Sly dashes into a restaurant where there was more fighting and everyone was at each other’s throats. Due to all the chaos that was occurring, the raccoon decided to take this time to enter the kitchen and find something to eat.

“Hope they have Dim Sum…” Sly says to himself as he enters the kitchen.

“Hey! You can’t just-!” the head chef shouts before the raccoon thief gives him a death stare. “What can I serve you, young man?” he asks, immediately changing his tune.

“Do you serve Dim Sum and pork buns?” Sly asks.

“Y-Yes, sir. Would you like extra servings with Wonton Noodles and Fried Rice along with Pig Feet and Tempura Shrimp?” the head chef responds before moving on to his order.

“Yes, I would. And no onions. I get super angry if there are any onions.” Sly asks as he takes a seat in the kitchen.

“Of course.” the head chef says as he bows before signalling the other chefs to get to work.

Immediately, they all set the stoves and get to cooking. And as Sly waits at the dinner table, he suddenly notices Jing King entering the kitchen before proceeding to take a seat in front of him while the chefs cook, setting him on edge.

“What’re you doing here?” Sly asks in a hostile tone.

“I am hungry. And I wanted to talk to you.” Jing King answers as she pulls in her seat.

 

After a minute or two of ordering Pork Zucchini Stir Fry and Spicy Cucumber Salad as well as being served water, the waiter leaves and they immediately return to talking.

“I don’t know what your game is, but you’re not gonna fool me. The moment your dad killed my dad, it was all over between us. He is next on my list.” Sly responds as he sits back.

“Perhaps you are right. And maybe he does deserve to die for what he did to your family. But let me ask you a question - where is that boy?” Jing King asks before the waiter walks over to the table to take her order.

“Huh?” Sly responds, not understanding her question.

“When we were little, I would often remember spending so much time with you, even against your will. Where did that boy go, Sly? Why did he disappear?” Jing King reiterates.

“You, of all people, should know the answer to that.” Sly responds in a disdainful voice.

“It was never my father’s choice to go after your father. He was coerced into doing it against his will and he would never have gone through with it if it were solely up to him. It was mere fate who reunited us together again that we would be forced to fight.” Jing King says.

“Yeah well, he had plenty of time to think about what he would be doing before he stole everything that I loved. And I’m here to collect the bill.” Sly responds before hearing the bell ding.

“Order up!” the head chef shouts.

Immediately, the rest of the chefs bring over the freshly-prepared meals to the table as Sly and Jing King keep eye contact on each other while waiting to be served. It wouldn’t take long for the table to be filled with delicious food and being served chopsticks as well as forks and spoons. So immediately, they get to eating while keeping eye contact with each other, almost as if they were goading each other into making the first move.

“It’s nostalgic, isn’t it?” Jing King asks.

“I don’t see what’s so nostalgic about this.” Sly answers as he eats.

“We haven’t eaten together like this in ten years. I still remember how small you were when I picked you up in my arms that day.” Jing King elaborates as she takes a bite of her dumpling.

“You mean that time when you stole my first kiss out of nowhere?” Sly asks as he consumes an entire pig’s foot.

“I also remember getting in the way of your practice a bit too much.” Jing King answers as she starts reminiscing.

. . .

On the same day when Sly first met Jing King, he was back in his room and playing his Gameboy. He was playing Super Mario Bros. by himself and he wanted some space to try and forget about that kiss she gave him. But that would all come to a halt when Sly is suddenly grabbed into a hug from behind by Jing King and she squeezes him.

“Gah! Let go of me, you stupid panda!” Sly shouts as he vainly attempts to break free.

But Jing King refuses and keeps a strong grip on him as she hugs him even tighter. Sly was so defeated that he couldn’t break away from her. Then she proceeds to kiss him all over his face.

“Ew! Stop kissing me!” Sly shouts while being kissed all over his face.

Giggling at his unfortunate state, Jing King continues to keep a strong hold on Sly as she holds him close and hugs him even tighter.

. . .

“Ugh. You would always follow me wherever I would go and you just wouldn’t stop holding onto me, in spite of how many times I told you to let me go.” Sly groans.

“It was the first time that I ever fell in love. Of course, I didn’t know how to express it back then. I just showed it the best way that I could as another way to overcome my shyness.” Jing King explains while waiting.

“I was shy too. But I never stole anyone’s first kiss on their first meeting.” Sly retorts while keeping his eyes on her.

“Indeed. But nevertheless, we were fated to meet again at some point. My horoscope is never wrong.” Jing King says.

“What else does it say? That I get to pay your father back for taking my own?” Sly Cooper asks in a bitter tone.

“That is for him to know and you to find out. My father never sought your father’s death, but Clockwerk gave him no choice.” Jing King answers in a sorrowful tone.

“And what was his choice? Burn it all to the ground? Run? Hide?” he questions in a snide tone.

“Your form of contempt has embittered you. I know about what you did to the other members of the Fiendish Five and I will not allow you to get to my father.” she responds in a serious voice.

“You can criticize the choices that I made against my enemies as long as you like. But when I saw everything that happened to me that day - I was given a whole new perspective. And that also came with a lesson to it.” the raccoon thief says in a grim tone.

“And what is the lesson?” the female panda asks.

“That no matter what we do or what actions we take, nothing we can do will ever ensure that the criminals in the world will never face the repercussions for stealing what belonged to them or robbing a child of their mommy and daddy. And when I told Interpol about everything that happened, the man who interviewed me just wrote me off as a lost cause and dumped me at the Orphanage. I learned that the hard way. And when I get up to that statue that your father is living comfortably, I’m gonna show him what happens when you don’t finish the job.” Sly answers in a growl.

“So vengeance has consumed you. What then?” Jing King asks.

“What do you mean?” Sly responds, not understanding her question.

“Say that you do get revenge on my father and Clockwerk; what will you do next? Will you just go on and kill as you live your life as a thief? Or just steal any woman that you come across to satiate your lust?” she elaborates.

“That’s an easy answer - I learn more about my ancestor’s moves and I see to it that Clockwerk never gets brought back again.” Sly answers in a serious tone.

Seeing that she wasn’t going to convince Sly into forgetting about his revenge against the Panda King, Jing King relents and remains quiet until their meals arrive. And when they did, they came out extra hot and delicious. So immediately, the both of them got to eating their meals and they enjoyed them immensely. Even as the chaos outside the restaurant continued, they would enjoy their meals. It would take them fifteen minutes to finish their meals before finally finishing off everything on the table.

“For all of your faults… I really did enjoy the service here.” Sly says as he gets up to stretch his body.

“In China, food is heaven. But even though we are on opposite sides… I am really glad that we have finally reunited after so long.” Jing King responds before bowing to him.

“Me too. The only bad thing about it is how it has to end.” Sly says as he draws his jian swords and points the left one at her.

“I could not agree more, Sly Cooper. After all… fate has conspired to reunite us as one.” Jing King responds as she points her spear at him.

Now that they have finished their meals, it was finally time for them to go back to being enemies. Sly was very intent on killing the Panda King for aiding and abetting in the death of his family and Jing King wasn’t going to allow it to happen. But just as they were about to get to fighting each other.

*CRASH!!!!!*

“FREEZE!!!!!! YOU’RE UNDER ARREST!!!!!!” Inspector Winthorp screams as he and his fellow officers aim their Shock Pistols at the raccoon thief while he does his best to keep his pants up.

Rolling his eyes, Sly kicks a chair at the officers and they start firing everywhere in the kitchen, much to the anger of the cooking staff as they get ready to cut up the officers. Using this opportunity, Sly runs to the opposite corner with Jing King following suit, so that they could resume their battle. But before anything could happen, Sly is suddenly ambushed by a naked Carmelita as she gets on top of him.

“Why, hello there, cutie~. What’re you doing here~?” Carmelita asks in a flirtatious tone.

“Business. Where are your clothes?” Sly responds, noticing that she had no clothes on, outside of her leather jacket and boots.

“It’s a long story~...” Carmelita answers in an embarrassed tone.

But before Carmelita could say anything, she suddenly notices Jing King swinging her spear at her and she spins it around in an attempt to kill her before jumping away and landing on a spire.

“I know who you are, fox. But the growth in numbers means nothing. Neither of you will reach my father.” Jing King says before jumping away.

After watching the female panda leave, Sly looks at Carmelita and asks,

“What’re you doing here…?”

“I’ll tell you once we find someplace safe to hide~.” Carmelita answers.

“Alright.” Sly sighs before leaping away with the naked fox in his arms.

Notes:

I am SO sorry that I took this long to write this chapter. Writer's Block coupled with Burnout can do that to you. Anyway, we're halfway through Fire in the Sky and it's about to get even more heated up now that Carmelita has entered the chat. As for Sly, it's gonna get a whole lot more action-y and he is gonna be facing a lot more enemies. But first, he's gonna be hearing about Carmelita's undercover story gone wrong. And you'll understand what I mean when the next chapter hits. Anyway, I'm gonna get to writing the next chapter to what I feel like writing on because I'm not gonna put myself through another cycle of confusion and Writer's Block. Anyway, I've rambled long enough. I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see you later.

Chapter 31: Undercover

Summary:

Having ran into Inspector Fox, Sly runs into the Firework Factory where she explains what happened to her...

Having been caught off-guard by Carmelita, Sly was confused as to why she had nothing but her leather jacket and her boots on. And while he was happy to see her, given the circumstances he was placed under, he had no idea how she ended up like this and wished to know what was going on. But before he could ask her anything, they are suddenly surrounded by Winthorp and the rest of Interpol.

“Carmelita!? What’re you doing with that thief!? Get back over here! And where the hell are your clothes!?” Winthrop asks before ordering her to come back over to his side while his face is beet-red.

“Sorry, Winthorp~. But I have decided to pull in my full resignation~.” Carmelita responds as she pulls out a letter.

“WHAT!?!?!?” the Interpol Agents all shout in unison.

She throws it at them and Winthorp fumbles, but ultimately catches it before holstering his Shock Pistol and looking over the letter. After reading through it, the weasel is shaken as he turns to Carmelita before asking,

“You… are teaming up with Sly Cooper…?”

“I mean… we did have some good times together when we were investigating Sly Cooper and busting criminals left and right, although you can get a bit too harsh with raccoons~. That having been said~... I’ve grown tired of playing pretend~. I’m tired of being told that I’m gonna be the next best thing when it’s just another Employee of the Month picture~. And more importantly~... you are the most miserable, detestable, ingraining, patronizing, overbearing, people-pleasing, insufferable piece of shit I’ve ever had to endure in my life! And that says a lot because I had to listen to my parents agonize over my future for twenty-one years of my fucking life! And Inspector Barkley was right about one thing - you are the biggest doormat I have ever met and you will never HAVE A FUTURE!!!!!!!!” Carmelita answers as she holds onto the raccoon thief.

The weasel was taken aback by everything that the former Inspector told him. Shaking from the words he was told, Inspector Winthorp started to feel a terrifying fury build within him as tears fell out of his eyes. He was so broken and traumatized from her speech that even Sly couldn’t help but feel sorry for Winthorp. Nevertheless, the raccoon thief says,

“Well… the lady has spoken. So if neither of you meatheads mind… we’re-!”

“KILL TTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Winthrop screams at the top of his lungs.

Immediately, they all started shooting at the newly-formed couple and they ran as quickly as they could to avoid getting killed. Running through the village, Sly and Carmelita head into a firework production facility where they hide from the Interpol Agents and police officers dispatched to arrest the Panda King. Heading into the empty break room, Sly and Carmelita keep themselves hidden for the time being as they take this moment to reign in their bearings. But he is suddenly kissed by her before he could get to the question of what happened to her during her investigation in the Kunlun Mountains. But even with that question in mind, Sly really enjoyed the taste of Carmelita’s lips and tongue. It was a sensation that he never wanted to lose. So after a few minutes of tongue-wrestling, they break away with a saliva trail that follows as they get ready to talk.

“So... I suppose that you’re gonna tell me how you ended up like this?” Sly asks.

“Well~... when I ended up here on your case after receiving some intel from some men on the inside here, we spent a whole lot of hours searching for you and the Panda King~. So wasting no time, Barkley sent us all the way to China to bring you in~. So as I was looking around, I spotted three men who were keeping watch near the gates of the Panda King’s fortress~.” Carmelita explains while holding onto him.

Suddenly, Sly backs away from her and asks,

“Wait… you don’t mean-!?”

*Smooch~!*

After kissing her younger lover, she proceeds to further explain.

“Relax and let me finish, Ringtail~. This was just a honeytrap to lure them into the alleyway before I did away with two of their members before I pinned the last one to ask where the Panda King and you were~. Then all of a sudden, his daughter shows up and presses her spear near my neck~. Had it not been for the gunfire outside the alleyway, I would’ve bitten it~.” Carmelita answers.

“Wow… Jing King really got the drop on you. I’d hate to see the aftermath if that gunfire didn’t go off.” Sly says with a sigh of relief.

“So that female panda~… Jing King, right~? You two seem familiar with each other~. Childhood sweetheart~?” Carmelita asks, wanting to know about her.

“It was self-proclaimed. When she first saw me during my practice, she stole my first kiss. You wouldn’t believe how clingy she was.” Sly groans with annoyance.

“I bet she was your first time at some point~.” Carmelita teases as she holds onto him.

“What…? No! She was my first kiss, but she never took my first time.” Sly responds in an exasperated voice.

“So I am your first time~? Or did it happen with someone else before you met me~?” Carmelita asks as she presses her large breasts against his chest.

“Um… well…” Sly says as he scratches the back of his head.

“Come on, Sly~. Don’t lie to me~.” Carmelita responds in a playful, yet threatening tone as she rubs her right knee near his crotch.

“I- ooh! Tch! Fine. Back when I was in the Orphanage, I used to be very popular with my peers. Especially with the teenage girls who lived there. I felt blessed and cursed at the same time.” Sly explains as he feels his balls getting rubbed.

“So you did lose your first time over there~. How did it feel to be popular with your girlfriends~?” Carmelita asks as she starts reaching into his pants.

“LOOK AROUND THE FACILITY!!!!!! I’LL CALL IN CONNER!!!!!!” Winthorp orders before going back outside.

“Should we really be doing this!? Winthorp and his fellow piggies are on their way over to take us on!” Sly asks in a whisper-shout.

“Just think of it as a fun little game~. I know that you’ll be able to bust yourself out before they get here~. But please~... humor me~. How many did you have~? What were your girlfriend’s names~?” Carmelita responds before getting to the big question.

“F-Five-six, I believe. Their names were Chloe, Charlotte, Anastasia, Olga, Ingrid, and Collette. T-They were canines and extra friendly. I was their favorite.” Sly answers while feeling her hand enter his pants.

“Pretty names, although it is odd that three of them start with a C~. Anything else you wish to tell me about your old love life~?” Carmelita asks once more.

“W-Well… there were these two teachers. One was a Eurasian Wolf and the other was a Jackal. They were very nice and taught me everything that I could understand after they were moved to different Orphanages.” Sly answers as she feels him unzip his pants. “W-What’re you doing!? You’re gonna give us away!” he asks as she pulls his pants and boxers down.

“Not if you remain quiet~.” Carmelita teases as she starts giving him a blowjob.

“Oh, God…” Sly grunts as he keeps an eye out for any Interpol Agents coming their way.

Feeling her mouth bob like a circus seal as she sucked on his cock, Sly had a surge of pleasure enter his body as Carmelita continued to move her head. Even though it hasn’t been that long since they had sex, the raccoon thief was enjoying the feeling of being with the former Inspector Fox again and he wanted to cherish this moment with her, especially since she was naked and ready to go. However, Sly had more important things to do other than sex. He needed to get the pages to the Thievius Raccoonus back and pay the Panda King back for taking everything away from him as a child. And he needed to get this finished as quickly as he could. There was always time for the whole meal. So grabbing Carmelita’s head, Sly prepares to deep-throat her with everything he had.

“Oh, yeah. This feeling… I can never get over it.” Sly moans as he moves his hips.

“Ngh~! Ngh~! Ngh~!” Carmelita moans as she grabs his waist.

Moving his hips at the speed of light, the raccoon thief was ready to ejaculate and get the feeling of being horn-up out of his head. The Panda King was waiting and Sly was going to make extra sure that he would arrive on schedule. So huffing and puffing as he moved, the raccoon felt himself on the verge of ejaculating and he wastes no time cumming inside the former Inspector Fox’s mouth.

*Splurt~!*

Shooting out his thick load into her mouth, Sly kept a tight grip on Carmelita to make sure she wouldn’t spill a drop onto the ground. He couldn’t afford to leave any clues to Interpol and he needed to be as discreet as he could. As for her, she was choking immensely from the amount of semen that she was drinking and she needed to pull out of his cock, but his grip was too strong for him and she wouldn’t be released until every last drop was released into her mouth. And by the time the raccoon thief was finished, the former Inspector Fox was choking and coughing before she could start breathing again.

“Are you insane!? I could’ve choked from that load!” Carmelita whisper-shouts in an angry voice as she wipes her lips of his semen.

“I know, but we can’t afford to draw attention to ourselves. We need to get the drop on the Interpol Agents before they find us. Can I rely on you?” Sly responds as he puts his boxers and pants back on.

“Of course~. After all~... you made me yours on that rooftop back in Mesa~.” Carmelita answers as she gets back on her feet.

“Alright. We’ll separate and pick the Interpol Agents off one by one. How many were there when you got here?” Sly asks, needing to know the exact amount.

“About ten of them at most~. We were on a manhunt for you~.” Carmelita answers as she hugs him.

“Alright, lover. It’s time to give Interpol the beating of their life. We’ll take them out one by one, then we’ll continue forward to the Panda King. It’s gonna get tough, so we’re gonna need to be extra quiet if we wanna avoid getting caught. Are you game?” Sly explains before asking if she’s in.

“I was already game the moment I saw you~. Just let me know when you’re ready~.” Carmelita answers before kissing him.

“Then let’s go.” Sly says before playfully spanking her, causing her to erotically yelp.

Exiting the break room quietly, Sly and Carmelita climb to different vantage points to observe the Interpol Agents from above. After scouting the ten agents that were dispatched, the duo get ready to knock each of them out to avoid getting followed. Aiming for the first agent who is a lizard and was walking through the hallway with a shotgun, the raccoon thief yanks him into the back with the chain of his meteor hammer before punching him in the face, knocking him out in the process as the former Inspector Fox takes his shotgun.

Moving to the second Interpol Agent who is an Otter and carrying a pair of berettas with compensators on them, he was moving around carefully to listen in on any movements from Sly and Carmelita to avoid getting hurt. He read up on the raccoon thief and he was taking extra steps to make sure that he wouldn’t be caught with his pants down like Winthorp. But unfortunately, the Otter Agent gets pounced on by Sly before getting his head slammed into a metal pipe before the latter scampers into the darkness.

The third Interpol Agent, who is a heavily-armored Bengal Tiger, walks through the corridor with a machine gun and he is sniffing out Sly’s whereabouts. Keeping his sights through the firework factory and his ears open for any movements, he suddenly hears footsteps and he starts growling as he takes the safety off. But suddenly, he gets kneecapped by Carmelita before getting followed up with a swing from a meteor hammer to the face from Sly.

The fourth Interpol Agent, who is a Cocker Spaniel, has his FAMAS out and ready to shoot whenever he spotted Sly. Sniffing as he looks around, he suddenly catches a womanly perfume in his nose and he quickly wipes his nose to get it out of there. But he suddenly gets shot in the arm by Carmelita and Sly smacks him in the face with his three-section staff, knocking him out cold while she takes the FAMAS.

The fifth Interpol Agent, who is a Water Buffalo, is patrolling and scouting for any sign of Carmelita and Sly. But he started noticing that four of his teammates were taken out by the duo, so he had his guard up as he got closer to the assembly line. Suddenly, he notices a silhouette of Sly standing in the middle of the factory. Immediately, he opens fire and shoots down the silhouette before getting drop-kicked in the face by Sly before yanking off his horns and knocking him out with them.

The sixth Interpol Agent, who is a female Raven and is partnered with the seventh agent that is a male wolf, is keeping watch as more and more of his comrades are disappearing left and right with the only explanation that Sly and Carmelita are knocking them out. So they stayed by each other’s side to avoid getting picked off at the same time. But unfortunately, the raccoon thief yanks the wolf into a shadowy corridor before the former Inspector Fox kneecaps the raven before knocking her out with a collapsible baton to the face.

Having come to the bitter conclusion, the four final Interpol Agents radio in on each other to regroup and retreat before Sly picks off the Agent radioing on his comrades while Carmelita knocks out the eighth Agent. The final two Agents rendezvous with each other as they try to come to terms with what has happened to their partners.

“That trash panda and Carmelita have to be around here somewhere. But they keep picking us off one by one!” the ninth Interpol Agent whisper-shouts in a frantic manner.

“Shut up! They have to be around here somewhere! We just need to-!” the tenth Interpol Agent says before getting hit with the meteor hammer.

“What in the-!?” the eighth Interpol Agent shouts before getting shot in the head by the former Inspector Fox.

Watching her step out of the shadows, Sly says,

“You didn’t need to kill him.”

“He insulted my boyfriend~. I wasn’t just going to let him get away with it~.” Carmelita says as she blows the smoke out of the barrel.

“I was hoping to do it nonlethally since they’re just cops, but what the hell. We need to get going.” Sly says before turning the other direction with his lover following suit.

But suddenly, they hear Inspector Winthorp enter the facility and he looks around to find all nine of his comrades, save one, were knocked out by Sly and Carmelita.

“Oh, my God…” Winthorp whispers in a horrified tone.

“Wrong one.” Sly says before knocking him out cold with his three-section staff.

“Well, that takes care of Barkley’s lackeys~. We better get moving~.” Carmelita says after taking as much ammo as she needed and rigging the facility with a bomb.

“Right.” Sly says before exiting the firework factory with the former Inspector Fox joining him by his side as the building gets ready to explode.

Notes:

Well, it seems like Sly and Carmelita got the drop on Interpol with a blowjob as a bonus. But I digress. We are halfway to the fight with the Panda King and I've got a couple more chapters before we get to the penultimate boss fight that is Jing King. As for the next chapter, it's gonna play more like The Unseen Foe in the levels before the chapter after that is gonna be an amped up version of Duel by the Dragon. And believe me when I say this - I got BIG PLANS for my take on Band of Thieves when I finish this story and it's gonna be expansive. It's gonna be super fun and I hope all of you join me on this when I have the time and energy for it. Anyway, I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see all of you later.

Notes:

All right! So I've been chatting with Ghostkid33 for a while now after reading one of his stories and it gave me an idea with one of my favorite childhood series of all time next to Sonic - Sly Cooper. As you can already see, there will be some canon divergence with the roles being reversed such as Carmelita having a crush on Sly and the latter being shy about it with the former. As for Clockwerk, he is going to have the role of stalker like Nemesis and he is going to constantly follow Sly everywhere he goes. Granted, he won't be going after Sly every time he is out, but he will be chasing and pursuing him in the field as he did with Sly's ancestors. And as you've already seen, Sly is going to be a martial arts expert and he is going to be dual-wield two canes instead of just one. I'm a big fan of Rioichi (in fact, he was one of the few bright spots in Thieves in Time next to Tennessee) and I want Sly to emulate him. I plan on showing Sly being in Japan to be taught and trained how to become a master thief and martial arts expert and he's going to be an advanced version of Rioichi Cooper. Yup. You heard me right. Sly is going to be a ninja, not just a master thief. And he already was in the games, but it was never really emphasized enough. At least that's what I think. Oh, and he's a brawler in this one. But I rambled long enough. I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter and look forward to more of our favorite raccoon.